Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Tikka owners, quick question...

Recently got a T3 stainless lite. It came with rings. Looking for opinions on them.

I thought I read before that some people had problems with them. I would like to use Talleys, but don't want to waste $40 if the factory rings work.

thanks.

Get the Talleys, that way you will at least have a rifle worth $40.......

The factory rings work just fine.

I'll take a Tikka over a Howa any DOTW.

"Get the Talleys, that way you will at least have a rifle worth $40......."

Now that's a strange thing to say...

Most folks go with either Talley or Warne...

I used the stock rings, fugly but, they work fine.

"Now that's a strange thing to say... "

T3's don't cost enough for some folks, is all.

I replaced all of the screws with better quality after the allen wrench slipped inside one of mine. Cost me less than $2 at the hardware store. Other than that mine have been fine.

Appearance is nothing substance is everything.It goes for guns as well as people.

"T3's don't cost enough for some folks, is all."

Is it that, or is it the fact that at the range they are out-shooting many of those expensive, pretentious name-brands?

It really does bother people that a $500 gun will outshoot a lot of customs, even those wearing a famed McMillan, LOL.

I went with the factory rings on mine but liked the look of Talley lightweights a little more so purchased them .

I have both why would you take the Tikka over a Howa?

Yea, it's about cost, that's it.

Glad to see the humor is only lost on idiots.....

Don't worry, if there was ever one Tikka that didn't shoot worth a flip, it will be 'catchers.......

Good one.

Have you ever really taken a critical look at one?



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Tikka's have without a doubt earned a reputation for accuracy at an affordable price. The actions are extremely slick, feed flawlessly, and have good triggers that are easily adjustable. They're light and balance well IMO.... I can see where many would feel there's a lot of value for the $$, even if they aren't beauty queens and despite the extensive use of plastic.

However, after owning a few and handling/shooting several others, I simply couldn't warm up to the extensive use of plastic parts as well as a few other aspects that turned me off.

The stock in particular exhibits too much flex and feels flimsy....


As to the original question.... the stock rings worked fine on the three examples I previously owned.

I remember when Glock first made a plastic gun.Most people sounded just like that.

Agreed, he is intelligent.

It seems to me that those of you that are not Tikka fans seem to blame the extensive use of "plastic" parts. Was that just the stock, or other parts as well?