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They also offer left hand rifles in more than .30-06, .270, and .300WM.
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The Tikka T3/T3i are probably the most popular rifles here in Australia. They can be bought for around AU$1200 compared to Sakos which are around AU$2 800 - 3 000. They have a reputation for shooting straight out of the box and that reputation has been around for decades, not just the last few years. Despite this I don't own one. I never liked the plastic trigger guard, bolt shroud and magazine of the T3. And I never liked the action arrangement where the magazine couldn't be top loaded through the tiny ejection port. This has been fixed with the T3i but somehow they just don't appeal to me despite their great reputation here.
Last year I decided to rebarrel an old Ruger 77 tang safety in 95% condition to 7x64. When adding the cost of barrel, reamer, gunsmith work and cerakote, I said it would be cheaper to buy a S/S Tikka in that chambering. My gunsmith said he'd take an old classic walnut stocked Ruger any day over a plastic Tikka. But saying that, there are heaps of blokes here who love their Tikkas.
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I’ve got 2 A7’s one in .270win the other in -06 that bughole. Had a Tikka 25-06 that bugholed 115gr partitions. SU35 has had or have several A7 300wsm that would of or will outshot any custom I’ve seen.
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Trivia question, what does "tikka" mean in Finnish?
Woodpecker.
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They have probably the best factory trigger I've ever squeezed. Mine came out of the box at about 3lbs, but feels much lighter. I did swap out the rings for Warnes and put a Limbsaver pad on it. They also offer left hand rifles in more than .30-06, .270, and .300WM. Yup. Although I chose mine in .30-06. It's my primary thumpin' stick. Light weight really is a cool feature.
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I've owned one since 2011, chambered in 9.3 x 62. I can't add anything that's not already been said in its favor, but mine is the T3 with a dark blue finish on the metal, and a black polymer stock. It weighed less than 7 lbs out of the box and shoots the 286 Nos. Part into less than MOA at over 2600 fps, and the 250 Nos. AccuBond into .440" at just over 2700 fps. The propellant is RL-17 for those handloads, and RL-15 for the lighter 232 Oryx which shoots five into MOA. The 320 Woodleigh makes well over 2400 fps and shoots into the same group as the 232 Oryx at about 2450fps. It's the smoothest bolt-action I've ever owned, and the trigger has never been adjusted. With a 3 - 9 x 40 scope and 3 cartridges in the clip and 1 in the chamber, it comes in at 7.7 lbs. Apart from a lot of bench testing, it has taken 3 bears with one shot each -- the first with a 286 Hornady at a little over 2400 fps, the second with a 286 Nos. Part at a little over 2600fps and the last employing the 250 AccuBond at about 2715 fps. Bob www.bigbores.ca
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I did swap out the rings for Warnes and put a Limbsaver pad on it.
Me too. The factory pad is their weakest sales feature, the visible rubber portion is just a thin veneer over a piece of removable hard composite plastic ouch, they really need the LimbSaver! The good news is the factory pad unscrews and the Limbsaver screws on as a perfect fit.
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A great source of important info can be found on tikka rifles by Googling Tikka T3 and Canadian Rangers! The Canadian Rangers are an elite group that uses the tikka rifles in some of the worst bad weather conditions known to man. Not only does the Tikka stack up rather well in Arctic conditions but it has proven to do so rather effortlessly and reliably. It seems the list of tikka virtues goes on and on and on and on.....................
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Paul39,
Tikka also apparently means "dart" in Finnish.
I hunted in Finland in 2015, thanks to Tikka and Sako, who had several gun writers visit the plant and hunt a couple of days. Never got a shot, but did hear and see a woodpecker in the woods!
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woodpecker is a mighty fitting finnish name to me as the woodpecker does what??? it drills the same hole with multiple projectiles/beak strokes then moves to the next target.......... Big Ed
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One thing to watch out for with Tikkas is the factory rings supplied. A mate had the screw holes elongate with the recoil in a .300 WSM until the holes were oval shape. The .270 did it as well about a year later. Steel Leupold ring/bases fixed both rifles. This was a few years ago so not sure if Tikka have fixed it now but it was pretty standard over here at one stage to ditch the factory aluminium rings and put on steel.
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It’s interesting how the Tikka T3 started at or close to Remington 700 prices.
As Remy’s got cheaper with the savage nut, and other piece parts the Tikka’s got more expensive... darn things shoot good though.
IIRC the Remy 788 had a barrel that was made by Tikka / Sako... and it shot very well too.
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One thing to watch out for with Tikkas is the factory rings supplied. A mate had the screw holes elongate with the recoil in a .300 WSM until the holes were oval shape. The .270 did it as well about a year later. Steel Leupold ring/bases fixed both rifles. This was a few years ago so not sure if Tikka have fixed it now but it was pretty standard over here at one stage to ditch the factory aluminium rings and put on steel. Nobody is going to grumble about the rings anymore. They quit including them with the T3x. I know several people that have never had an issue. Probably a factor of the lot, person, # rounds fired. My 6.5 has factory rings. No issue. I know several 7mm to 338 mags, no issue. If I ever scope the 7mag Hunter thats nib. We might buy rings, or not.
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I've had Tikkas of several generations over the past 20 years, including several T3's with included rings. I never had any problem with them as long as I didn't use a cheater pipe to tighten down the screws. Worked like a champ. I do much prefer others now though.
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One minutes of angle is 1/60 of a degree, which at 100 yards is 1.047 inches, not one inch. It increases proportionately with range:
200 yards--2.094" 300 yards--3.141" 600 yards--6.282" (1/2 MOA at 600 is 3.141") 1000 yards--10.470"
The math is very simple. What's not simple, apparently, is convincing shooters that one inch is not one MOA. John. Great lesson in mathematics there for the lessor equipped. Cheers NC
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IIRC the Remy 788 had a barrel that was made by Tikka / Sako... and it shot very well too.
I have never heard that story before but there is no truth to it. drover
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I like that story! It adds to the mystique.
Based on a lost design, drafted by Ned Roberts and Julian Hatcher, and re-discovered by Mike Walker, it came to prominence almost by accident. The plans were purchased by Walker at a garage sale in California. He found them in a box labeled "kitchen utensils". Mike loved bargains, and this would prove to be his best find ever! Misplaced years before, folded up inside an old copy of "Good Housekeeping", the drawings finally saw the light of day again in the early 1950s.
Walker immediately recognized their value, but was unsure of what to do with them. Remington had just released the 222, and it proved to be everything competition shooters dreamt of. Should he show this to the world on the heels of "the deuce"? No, best to wait.
Some say it was aliens. Others claimed it was evidence of a lost civilization,. No matter what its origins, the Remington 788 took its place with other amazing discoveries of the 20th century.
And now you know some more of the story!
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I have a Sako and would spend more money for another rather than the Tikka but that's just me. I haven't heard anything bad about Tikkas.
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Add attention to detail. Got a new T3x varmint model Thursday and was mounting a scope on it. The base mount plug screws have some kind of rubbery sealant on the threads to keep them from loosening - nobody else does that. But the thing that really stood out was that all of the screws were timed. Their slots were all in perfect alignment with the bore. Maybe not the be all, end all reason for getting a Tikka, but seriously, who else in the world aligns plug screws?
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