The Tikka has landed

[ebusa]

I have several tikkas love them all, I have only been shooting 50 years tho, so dont know much.  Of new offerings I feel the Tikkas outperform the Remingtons, rugers, Weatherbys, howas, savages etc. and do so by a substantial margin. these are from223 thru 300 win mag and short mag. Hundreds of rounds.

Hello William!! FOsteology makes some good points for the 'ultimate' in rifles. Claw extractor, manual ejecter, controlled feed, no magazine to lose. I have rifles with those also. For a dangerous game rifle or ultra rugged I agree but for what I do I dont see the point.

All my tikkas are very accurate, astoundingly so.
Carl

Hi Carl, how's that Tikka I sold you holding up?  I miss that ole girl!

[Bofire]

 :)She is great, she is taking me bear hunting next week. I really like it and thank you!!! I am sorta afraid of scratching her, sure is purty. shoots 180 federal real wll.
Carl

[Ray]

Reporting back. I made the first big game kill with the tikka a little while back. Took a 200 yard shot from a kneeling position and dropped a pronghorn in one shot. I used those famous TSX bullets and thought they performed adequately but I seem to think that the good ole Nosler Partition worked better and cost a whole heck of a lot less.

The tikka is still working good. I still think that plastic bolt shroud is going to be a reason why I trade it away eventually.

[VANANATOR]

THE PLATSTIC SHROUD CAN BE REPLACED BY A METAL ONE.  TYPE IN TIKKA UPGRADES @ THE SNIPERHIDE FORUM-VAN  TIKKA'S RULE

[Wenatcheejay]

Nice gun!


I just bought my son a Tikka 7mm-08 to replace his Rem 700 .243. I can say they are very nice guns. It goes to the range today for a test run...

[halflife65]

I have the T3 in .300WSM.  The main thing that I don't like about it is the barrel jump - but that probably just comes with having a mag caliber in such a light rifle.  It doesn't hurt to shoot, but the barrel lifts really high.  In fact, I scoped myself the first year that I used it.  I also noticed that the putting a round in the tube can be difficult.  Turn the rifle kind of 3/4 upside down and put the round in - it gets easier with practice. 


The trigger is particularly good, especially for a rifle at that price.  Very crisp with no creep, whatsoever.  It's really accurate, as well.  I put a Leupold Vari-X II scope on it that I already had sitting in a closet.  Nothing fancy but it gets the job done.

[Ray]

THE PLATSTIC SHROUD CAN BE REPLACED BY A METAL ONE.  TYPE IN TIKKA UPGRADES @ THE SNIPERHIDE FORUM-VAN  TIKKA'S RULE

Thank you. I will definitely be checking into that.

What is a sniperhide forum-van?

[halflife65]

THE PLATSTIC SHROUD CAN BE REPLACED BY A METAL ONE.  TYPE IN TIKKA UPGRADES @ THE SNIPERHIDE FORUM-VAN  TIKKA'S RULE

Thank you. I will definitely be checking into that.

What is a sniperhide forum-van?

I would also be interested in that.  I smacked it on something while I was hunting and sort of creased the plastic (just a cosmetic problem).  It would be great to replace it with something a little higher quality.

[Ray]

I found the topic

http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1387733&Searchpage=7&Main=121231&Words=tikka+upgrades&Search=true#Post1387733

I also found the site http://www.hss.net.au/

Then I sent them an email. There are some pics of it if you fish around.

[Ray]

Here's the response including pricing and shipping.

Hi Ray

Thank you for your enquiry regarding the Tikka Bolt Shroud.

There are two styles of shroud available, rounded and octagonal and are available in anodized matte black.
Pictures of both styles can be found here.

http://s225.photobucket.com/albums/dd93/Richardoz1971/shroud/

We are able to send to any address in the USA at a cost of $15.00 AU or $25.00 Registered. The cost of the shroud is $75.00 AU.
Payment can be made by credit card or PayPal using info at hss.net.au
If paying by credit card the best way to contact us with Visa details is by fax if you can or phone. Fax and phone number is 61 7 5455 6925. Don’t forget there is a time difference and we can be contacted 9am to 9pm Australian Eastern Standard time so you may want to check a world clock - Brisbane Australia is what you will need to look for.

Please let us know if you have any questions or would like to place an order.

Regards
Fiona Parker
Hinterland Shooting Supplies
PO Box 807
Tewantin
Queensland 4565
AUSTRALIA
Phone / Fax +61 7 5455 6925
Mobile 043 762 9796
Email info at hss.net.au
Web site www.hss.net.au
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If you want it, we can find it!

[DBake]

So you going to get it? 

[VANANATOR]

RAY, lotta good info over on the hide!  they have a pretty good tikka following usa/and abroad.  VAN

[Ray]

So you going to get it? 

I just made the order for the rounded shroud. They have a new website.. http://www.hss.net.au/

[Ray]

The new shroud arrived today. It fits just perfect and looks like an original part of the rifle. To me - it's worth replacing.