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Oh crap.... you may be right....

I own 4 Tikkas but doubt I will buy anymore. The rifles are good and problems are few. I refuse to support a company with terrible customer support. Had issues with the wife’s 17 HMR not feeding correctly and Beretta ignored every call and email I sent them. It was only after EuroOptics intervened did they made a half azz attempt to help.
And now I find myself on the short end of the stick again trying to get a $75 rebate promised to me in August.

Yes, you’d have 1500-1600$ in a ctr SS in a nice stock. About same money as an Bergara HMR pro, the browning x bolt that comes in a McMillan game scout, some of the Christensen arms rifles.

A Remington build would be more than that by my math. It’s all just preference, hard to get a good shooting rifle in a true premium stock with features like a dbm for under $1500. The thing about a tikka ctr is it’s just about guaranteed to shoot in factory form and can upgrade or not to suit preferences. They don’t really “need” anything.

your not alone on the $75.00 rebate--lousy customer service.

Their stainless get little rust pits too easy. 3 different tikkas, 3 different guys.
Crappy recoil pad. 1:10 twist 223
Besides that I keep buying more tikkas.
I have 3 tikkas.
223,6.5, 30/06

If you don’t like a 1-10” twist, why didn’t you buy a 1-8”?




P

Tikka is my favorite mass produced rifle. With that said the twist rates could be improved on some calibers and they solved the poor rings issue by not offering rings with the T3X. Properly constructed polymer is plenty strong as far as I'm concerned and I prefer it over steel every day of the week!

If I was an astronaut I'd also prefer the space shuttle be built out of superior materials that Nasa uses though I'm certain Nasa played hell trying to convince all the old school STEEL fanatics that there beloved material was incapable of both leaving the earths atmosphere or returning!

I was not re loading at the time when I got 1:10
I guess I wish I wouldn't have bought or they shouldn't even offer it

I’ve seen enough on this thread and the RUSTING” thread to never buy one.

Now that was funny.

#leupold

Rust is a new one on me.... own several and never a rust problem.
My 7-08 loaded with 150 eld x is my go to rifle here lately

Yeah, it's funny how they tend to rust when put up wet.......imagine that.

Well check this one out. I bought it in ** 2003 **



Pic taken in 2016 !!

I don't take any different care of Tikka than Blued rifles.


Jerry

50 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip Varmint
Max charge Benchmark
3400 FPS at the muzzle
Tikka 1-10”
Groups so small you wouldn’t believe me.




P

I think it's been pretty well covered on the Fire, in terms of negatives, but not a bad idea to have a summary thread for those doing their research.

My thoughts are below. I realize some of it has been already covered above.

1) Corrosion issues for some with stainless, but it's not exclusive to Tikka. My stainless Kimber was just as bad.

2) The protruding magazine for some. Personally, a flush mag would be better but would probably require a double stack. I think the production singlestack functions great.

3) Although Formi has more experience with this, I still feel that the bolt stop pin is not ideal. The fact that there are failures indicates that it is not robust in design. I don't necessarily mean a big fat pin, but robust in terms failures due to manufacturing variations, user applications, etc. Not many failures reported though, and most hunters would most likely never seen an issue.

4) Gas handling is the biggest problem with the Tikka in my view. I don't see any design features that prevent hot gas from reaching the shooter's face or eyes in the event of case failure.

Other than that, I think the Tikka has the best plastic stock and trigger in the budget rifle class. They feed really well, and I've never had a problem with extraction or ejection. Solid scope mounting as well.

J

LOL you and I must be really lucky to not have rusting Tikkas.

One more...

5) COAL for L/A

J

That's because yours has the special stainless steel

I own 3 T3x and have been very pleased. They all shoot superbly. The oldest of the 3 is more prone to rust than I expected ( all are SS). I happen to think the Tupperware stocks are easily good enough.... My biggest beef? They’ve gotten more expensive as their reputation has spread.

My blued Tikka doesn't have any rust on it and it's 20 years old. They don't rust if you take reasonable care of the fuggin things.