Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Correct pronunciation of " Tikka "

JoeSmith the OP has been a member since '07 with a little over 50 posts.
Guess I know why.Ask a simple question and get your thread kicked all over.
Joe,I have heard both Tik-a and Tee-ka I would defer to our Finnish friends and say Tee-ka.
I had a T3 in 6.5 Sweede,traded it for a Sako 85.
I liked the Tikka like most say it shot lights out.Like others have said,my hunting buddys who handled it were impressed as well.They are Remchester Browning guys too.
Wade your way through all the useless BS posted here.
If YOU like it,buy it and enjoy.They are good rifles.

I'll buy your other POS plastic Sucko if you throw this POS plastic Sucko in for free!

Thanks, Varmintsinc. How did you bed it?

Like this...long screws to center it in the stock, devcon 10110 and a single point of contact on the barrel to center it in the channel. No need to tape or bind the action down, it sat as is while it cured up. Pulled the action, trimmed it up and torqued it to 60 and off and running. The reason I bedded it was because the BC showed a change in point of impact based on torque values, dont recall exactly but over a foot of difference at 200yards switching from 40-60lbs. As bedded I varied it from 40-60lbs and had less than an inch of change in poi at 200yards and that easily could have been me.

I thought they are called 'Tikka' cause if you shake them real hard, they make a noise-
'tikka tikka tikka'

Tikka is an abbreviation of Tikkakosi, a town in Finland, so Teeka is how it's pronounced.

SAKO is NOT a word. It's an acronym. (Suojeluskuntain Ase- ja Konepaja Oy, Civil Guard Gun- and Machiningworks Ltd.) There is no incorrect pronunciation of an acronym. I say Sayko, you say Socko... I get so perturbed at people who want to tell me I'm pronouncing the name of my rifle "wrong."

How do you pronounce USMC? USAF? FASB? NAACP?

Cool. Thanks for the pics and details!

I don't think sooo!!
As a matter of fact, I know it will not.
Eagleye.

You guy's crack me up!

It was aimed at Tanner since we both live in the same town, and could go shooting together. Not sure how some guy from Canada got into the mix. My Tikka is the most accurate gun I own, wish it wasn't so based on what I have spent...

Seemed like I pissed you off or something...

My posts aren't that serious...

I don't know how to pronounce it, BUT they are fine rifles. And, by the way, I have a Leo-pole on my Teeka...damn good combination.

Alrighty no harm no foul!

I don't care how you pronounce it, you've gotta be a dumbass snob not to like the Tikka's. The actions are smooth as oil on an ice cube and they're as accurate or moreso than any mass produced rifle on the market.

Yep, Tee-ka.

Loo-pold is correct... We said it Lee-a-poold for many years and it took several more to change once we got schooled up - by them...

My T3 Super Lite .300 WIN is a hammer. Shoots RWS 3 shots in .6 ish. Accubonds and XP3s .75ish, all within 1 MOA of each other. The stock is the best "plastic" stock I have ever seen, it is stiffer than any others out there and has great ergos. I put a Limbasaver on mine. The trigger is super, the action is smooth as silk and it has a nice big extractor on it. I wish it had a 3 position safety and do not care for any detachable mag, but as it is a single column so it makes for smooth feeding.

It is everything a light mountain gun should be out of the box and dirt cheap.

Who the F cares what it is called, buy one, shoot it and hunt. I would stack mine accuracy wise against any other light weight custom gun out there and I do not have 2-3K in it.

Spence

The people at the company say, "Socko"...So, that's a hint!

NAPA is an acronym. Would you say, "nap-ah" or, "let me run down to the N-A-P-A to get a sparkplug!"?

I might just say "Let me run down to the Auto Zone..." LOL