Yes, cock on opening like most modern bolt action rifles. If it is really tight, you may want to redo the bolt internal lubrication. I prefer a molebdenum filed grease like Molyslip.
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It could be just that, if your definition of “very stiff” is a lot lower than what I consider very stiff.
However, the bolt shroud could be dragging somewhere, including inside of it. Take it off and look for wear marks.
I have an aftermarket shroud and I had to do a lot of sanding to get it to work as well as the stock shroud.
We suffer for fashion lol
It's cocking the striker / firing pin in the bolt.
You can disassemble the bolt body and lightly polish the cocking ramp and the part of the cocking piece that rides on that ramp and then use some light gun grease to lubricate it to lighten the way it feels.
I recently bought a new tikka that was very rough to cock, upon stripping the bolt I found this
I’ve had it since 2020 and put a couple thousand rounds through it at this point.
My bolt shroud was not looking good. I ordered an aftermarket one.
Anyone with a Tikka T3X left hand rifle, I know these are hunting rifles , but, have you played with the braking point on the trigger to see how low you could get it ?
Thank you
Thank you
With a Mountain Tactical trigger spring you can get it under 1 lb.
I have a Tikka single stage that a smith got down pretty low. It's very light and crisp, haven't measure it but wouldn't go any lighter. It's been safe, shot it a lot. I'd guess right around 1.5 lbs.
Might be interesting if you said WHICH trigger is so outstanding , and more details might prove useful , like which trigger TAC 1 or the T3X, the breaking point of your outstanding trigger , How about length of 1st stage pull, if it's a TAC 1
I doubt anyone will bother to reply to you, you sound like a real dick
One data point:
Factory Tikka one stage
I bought the Lumley Tikka trigger springs kit. You get three springs, heavier (bit lighter than stock), medium, and light.
On my trigger, the light one was kinda too light (and I like relatively light triggers like 8oz/8oz Bix n Andy two-stagers). In fact, I had a couple negligent discharges into the range berm due to me not being as careful as I should’ve been.
So the light spring was too light for me, even for bench range use. But the Lumley medium was perfect for my stock single stage trigger.
Factory Tikka two stage
To be honest, trying different springs didn’t seem to make that big of a difference in the Super Varmint factory two stage. Seems like the new spring only affected the first stage.
I don’t really like that trigger anyway. It has a thin blade, a too-long first stage (and I like long first stages), and a too-heavy second stage break.
Gen 2 Midas two stage
Haven’t gotten enough trigger time on it yet! But seems promising. I can’t really comment intelligently at this point other than it feels nicer than the the factory Tikka two stage that comes with the Super Varmint, but not as nice as the Bix Tacsport Pro 8/8oz with the gator shoe.
Btw I think the SV two stage is identical to the Tac A1 trigger except it doesn’t have the three position safety. Which is dumb…why not include that?
Factory Tikka one stage
I bought the Lumley Tikka trigger springs kit. You get three springs, heavier (bit lighter than stock), medium, and light.
On my trigger, the light one was kinda too light (and I like relatively light triggers like 8oz/8oz Bix n Andy two-stagers). In fact, I had a couple negligent discharges into the range berm due to me not being as careful as I should’ve been.
So the light spring was too light for me, even for bench range use. But the Lumley medium was perfect for my stock single stage trigger.
Factory Tikka two stage
To be honest, trying different springs didn’t seem to make that big of a difference in the Super Varmint factory two stage. Seems like the new spring only affected the first stage.
I don’t really like that trigger anyway. It has a thin blade, a too-long first stage (and I like long first stages), and a too-heavy second stage break.
Gen 2 Midas two stage
Haven’t gotten enough trigger time on it yet! But seems promising. I can’t really comment intelligently at this point other than it feels nicer than the the factory Tikka two stage that comes with the Super Varmint, but not as nice as the Bix Tacsport Pro 8/8oz with the gator shoe.
Btw I think the SV two stage is identical to the Tac A1 trigger except it doesn’t have the three position safety. Which is dumb…why not include that?
Has anyone tried turning a Tikka into a 6 Dasher and running it with the factory plastic mags? I'm thinking of building a light recoiling hyper accurate LAZERBEAM as a first hunting rifle for my kids to use. I don't want to build a rifle that requires any "persuasion" to feed rounds. My competition rifle is a Tikka Dasher and feeds great, but has the MDT mags in it and that's not going to be an option on this one. Looking for svelteness and lightweight.
