What changes would you like Tikka to make?

[John Spartan]

I'll agree with the plastic magazine issue.

As a lefty, I'd like to see more chamberings available, even if they come as special order only - like 7 mm Mauser, 8 mm Mauser and 35 Whelen just to name a few.

One other thing would be the availability of iron sights as an option. - doesn't hurt to have backup sights available.

[Skunk]

Flimsy, injection molded plastic stocks?

Receivers drilled from bar stock and that substitute heavy washers for integral recoil lugs?

Loading/ejection port so small that it is difficult or impossible to load a cartridge directly into the chamber, or manually remove a fired case?

Short actions that are really long actions with the bolt stop moved forward to limit bolt travel?

Plastic, nearly disposable, detachable magazines and trigger guards?

Wow, TY for this thread, you guys sure talked me out of ever buying a Tikka.

[Tikkabuck]

Flimsy, injection molded plastic stocks?

Receivers drilled from bar stock and that substitute heavy washers for integral recoil lugs?

Loading/ejection port so small that it is difficult or impossible to load a cartridge directly into the chamber, or manually remove a fired case?

Short actions that are really long actions with the bolt stop moved forward to limit bolt travel?

Plastic, nearly disposable, detachable magazines and trigger guards?

Wow, TY for this thread, you guys sure talked me out of ever buying a Tikka.

Hi Ya Skunk
  Just a thought on what you said.
       Flimsy stocks , me I don't really care for syn give me Walnut,but after sending a Syn stock to Boyds to have one inletted in wood for me,the owner told me  quote,"This is the strongest standard stock he'd seen come off a factory rifle" unquote.
       I see your point about the short action long action deal but I also build custom Mauser's in all calibers. They work fine and have for years. But  thats a personal thing.
       Plastic, sure I'd love to go back to metal,thats one reason I like building Mausers. But go to your local sports shop and check guns some of the other gun companys,they are all swicting to plastic,slowly but the move is on. I'm sitting here looking at a Winchester,Thompson Center,Benelli and a Remington ADL  on my rack with factory plastic trigger guards. As far as the strength of it,I've had them in below freezing weather,slamed the heck out of them in a 4-wheeler wreck(this also happened to another guy on our lease) ,slammed the guard up against a tree trunk while hosting up a tree and all with no problems. So
       Do see your point about the recoil lugs being about the same thickness as the Remy's,Winy's and Mausers I wish they would go back to the recoil block they had on the Whitetails.

      If you can find a more accurite out of the box rifle with absolutly no fine tuning in the same price range your a better man than I and beleive me I have tried since 1997.

[jrnsuz]

Hey ya'll,

 I never saw a Tikka until the WH's were long gone and decided my dream rifle would be a Tikka barrel and action with a Sako stock, largely due to the palm swell. That said, my current and probably forever go to rifle is a Mossberg 800A .308. That rifle is aprox. 30-35 years old with a nice walnut stock so heavily used the checkering is almost smooth, wood is cracked just behind the action and deeply chipped at the forend (doesn't affect accuracy at all) and bluing is rubbed silver in several areas with numerous dings and scratches in the steel (lot's of character and memories). The point of this being, with all the miles on her, that plastic trigger guard is still in factory new condition appearance wise. I am not the least bit afraid of "plastic" guns as long as it's decent stuff.

[84jeepj10]

Would like to see a better recoil pad, like the Limbsaver Precision Fit #10011 for T3 Lights.
Price on replacemen or 5-round mags is WAY over the top at over $50-$60 a pop, for just a simple plastic molded mag worth $.05.