re: Opinions: Tikka T3x vs CVA Cascade

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know it would vary widely, but how much would you assume it would cost to cerakote and thread the stainless barrel and flute the bolt?? (I’ll admit I simply like the look of the fluted barrel but it does at least add SOME functionality, however small).

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To get the barrel threaded correctly, prob $100-150. $200-250 for a good cerakote job. Bolt fluting is all over the place, but I’ve seen it offered as cheap as $50. So all in about $400-500. You’d be under that doing it all with LRI but could shop around for any or all of it and come in cheaper.

For me, it’s about getting the thinner barrel profile of the superlite, which is going to save almost a pound over the veil/D-18/roughtech, and you’d get to pick the cerakote color, bolt fluting pattern, etc.