I'm considering one of these chambered in 8x57 Mauser. I looked at some in LGS in other calibers and internet-based and wordo of mouth seems to indicate they're very accurate. Anyone have an opinion?
Anyone own or have experience with Tikka?
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Jaywmustang
.308 Win
I have a tikka t3x ctr and I like it. Only thing I would like to do is to lighten up the trigger a little. I don't have much time behind the rifle due to a injury last summer. I plan on getting more trigger time behind my ctr this summer as long as I don't hurt myself. Here was my review and first time shooting it.
Tikka t3x range day
Tikka t3x range day
I'd have absolutely no issues buying one.
C3D
.308 Win
High quality finnish guns, I would not shy from getting any good example.
Karpteach
6.5 Creedmoor
I too have the T3 CTR in .308. It's one of the smoothest rifles I've ever owned!! Trigger needs to be honed a little otherwise, it's flawless.
dwa12479
.338 Win Mag
I don't have one personally, but the few Tikka owners that I know love theirs.
freddy
.308 Win
Does chicken tikka masala count?
While not on topic I do love tikka masala
Thanks everyone, I am now pretty convinced that I should invest in one of these
Thanks everyone, I am now pretty convinced that I should invest in one of these
Prudii
.357 mag
I have a T3, one of the older ones in 5.56, its a great gun but be aware it has a few issues. Which I posted about here Tikka T3 Dilemma
Its one of the smoothest bolt actions I've handled, it is also incredibly accurate.
Its one of the smoothest bolt actions I've handled, it is also incredibly accurate.
Thanks Prudii I'm not sure if your issues would impact my satisfaction with one.I'm not looking to change magazines, and I really want an 8mm mauser, and I'm really excited by getting something with a smooth action and very accurate
Prudii
.357 mag
Yea, it is a great rifle sub MOA at any range I've had the opportunity to shoot it.
wizrd
6.5 Creedmoor
All the people I nkow that have them, love them. Well made, good shooters, etc. -- On several other guns forums, many people complain that Tikka has absolutely NO CUSTOMER SERVICE -- if you have a problem, their attitude is - you bought it, - you fix it. -- I only know what I saw there...
Jaywmustang
.308 Win
From what I have read about tikka support is that beretta USA imports them in and deals with with warranty......I hear beretta has terrible cs
Thanks to Tim's, for a very decent price I have a new shooter. Once I get a chance to put glass on it and get to the range I'll post more. I am wondering about recoil though, 8x57 is a beast through the K98, and this beauty is much lighter.
Snappo
6.5 Creedmoor
Contact Mountain Tactical at 406-285-2371. They are known for doing trigger work to the T3.
Snappo
6.5 Creedmoor
Well yeah - they are in Finland. It's not like driving to Ilion to let a machinist look at your 700 P.
Tikkas are SAKOs w/o the price. I owned 595 Sporters (a target rifle) in 222, 223, 6.5x55, 308 and 9.3x62. Most were snuck in to the USA. Sold all and recently purchased the current version the T3 Target model in 308. It came with this odd short barrel with threads at the end.
Snappo
6.5 Creedmoor
Not if you get it at that place in Utica that's all-you-can-eat. That place will give you food poisoning.
Of course with a Tikka or SAKO you don't have to drive anywhere as unlike the Remington junk, you don't need a gunsmith attached to your hip.
Don't think Tikka ever had to pay off millions for a POS trigger that killed people.... now did they ?
That is a really spiffy rifle! I'd want something like that too! In the same caliber as well. The ranges I shoot at don't require more than a 223.
Oog! lota scratch. But it would be just the thing for @dsdmmat's matches. I think that rifle with a 1:8 223 barrel would make a hell of a 200 yard range gun! Would it take 5.56 loads though?
Its seems most of the heavier factory loads are 5.56.
Its seems most of the heavier factory loads are 5.56.
Nah, it was cheaper than the scope I put on it
Schmidt & Bender 4-16x50 Classic Riflescope with #8 Dot 947/8DOT
and then there's $500 can.
Never seen an armored car follow a hearse OR
When you're wearing a diaper, drooling and you don't know who you are, it doesn't matter if you're broke OR
The objective of a good life is to have the check for your funeral bounce
Hunting Bighorn and Moose this fall ...... that's expensive !
Yup, it's an 1809 Baker flinter.
Schmidt & Bender 4-16x50 Classic Riflescope with #8 Dot 947/8DOT
and then there's $500 can.
Never seen an armored car follow a hearse OR
When you're wearing a diaper, drooling and you don't know who you are, it doesn't matter if you're broke OR
The objective of a good life is to have the check for your funeral bounce
Hunting Bighorn and Moose this fall ...... that's expensive !
Yup, it's an 1809 Baker flinter.
Snappo
6.5 Creedmoor
The XMP was certainly a catastrope of epic proportions. Luckily, neither of my 700 Police or my 700 eXtreme needed a gunsmith. Only time I needed a Remington gunsmith was when my scope wouldn't zero on a 770 300 WinMag but the problem ended up being the Pentax scope. I will be the first to say that I swapped out my XMP for a Timney 510 as soon as I got it. Remington would be smart to make their trigger group as well as Timney does. Maybe that's a price-point issue? Tikka has had issues though - don't kid yourself into thinking they are without flaw. Their T3 tacticals and 595's have had bolts blow backwards during live fire and hurt people's thumbs. Probably not as painful as M1 thumb, but still. You can read these stories if you google "'Tikka plastic bolt shroud". OTOH, I don't think anyone ever died; which I believe happened with the X Mark Pro.
The Tikka plastic shroud is pure BS. Of you examine a Tikka bolt there is no way the shroud could move unless the chamber pressure was so high as to cause a complete case failure. In that case, the gas would blow out the floorplate and exit through the magazine. Unlike the infamous Remington trigger which could and did fail (due to poor maintenance), SAKO has never been sued or paid out millions in damages as Remington has. I have/do own/ed many 700/721/722/725 rifles. IF kept clean, the triggers works fine. However, like all enclosed trigger systems they will pack up in salt air, dirty/dusty, wet/freezing conditions. The quest for super light triggers has led to this design. IMHO, there is no better hunting trigger than the good old Mauser 2 stage when tuned by an expert. Winchester has ruined the M70 trigger that will no longer be 100% reliable and dead simple stupid.
Tikkas change from plastic to aluminum is due to cosmetics, whining gun writers and people who don't get modern synthetics. The same people who dismiss Glocks.
You'll be hard put to find any documented, witnessed, photographed damage to anyone hurt by a Tikka having a synthetic bolt shroud fail.
Tikkas change from plastic to aluminum is due to cosmetics, whining gun writers and people who don't get modern synthetics. The same people who dismiss Glocks.
You'll be hard put to find any documented, witnessed, photographed damage to anyone hurt by a Tikka having a synthetic bolt shroud fail.
Why are bolt shrouds even necessary at all?
I hate how everything has to be covered now days! I wanna see all the mechanical bits of my engines, if it weren't on a KAR 98 or Enfield or Springfield I don't want it!