Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Ever had a tikka safety freeze from ice?

My original T3 froze up one in freezing rain, anyone even have it happen to them?

Nope, not yet. This'll be the 11th season.

I have not had any freeze-ups with my T-3s, but...
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Nope but sure it could happen? I usually protect my action underneath my armpit or jacket while sitting if it is rain or freezing rain?

Had that frikin plastic bolt shroud shoot back and hit me in the eye. Factory. 223 ammo.

My son's Tikka action (trigger, safety) froze on a backpack hunt with alternating freezing rain and snow, common condition for us to hunt in. He warmed it over our campfire. I have had it happen to me more than once on my Rem 700, and on a friend's 700 and his Rem 788, and seems like another rifle or two over a 30 year time span. It doesn't take much ice inside the bolt sleeve to mess things up by locking up or slowing the strike of the firing pin, etc.

That's a fairly common occurance and one that we conciously check on, especially first thing each morning when hunting such condtions.

I've had the firing pin freeze on a couple of rifles in snow and freezing rain conditions

I've never had anything freeze up. Try cleaning down to bare metal on all inner surfaces with carb cleaner, then either run dry or put a very light coat of something synthetic on there that doesn't get gummy in the cold. Eliminates almost all problems.

If it's that bad out I ain't sittin in no tree hunting deer So needless to say I've never had any rifle freeze up...............Hb

LMFAO

Just think if it had been made of metal!

Jim

I once left mine in a hot car while I ran into a store for a few minutes. When I came out all the plastic had melted off and I was only left with a barreled action. Lost a Glock and AR15 that way too.