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Tikka actions
- Thread starter tow2atm
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They dont sell them. The only ones available come from disassembled complete rifles. So they're few and far between.
JA Outdoors sells tikka actions. But they are about the same price as the whole rifle.
Do this. Buy a rifle for 650 on eurooptic, new, sell everything on it for a couple hundred (new/unfired will bring more) and start your build on a new $450 action that comes with a trigger.
Edit: I guessed on price, but I was right on
https://www.eurooptic.com/JRTXE341-Tikka-Tikka-T3x-Lite-.300-WSM-SYN-243--barrel-MPN-JR.aspx
Stainless $700
https://www.eurooptic.com/JRTXB340-Tikka-Tikka-T3x-Lite-270-WSM-S-S-SYN-243--barrel-MP.aspx
Well they’re a European company that doesn’t focus on the sport shooting market whatsoever. All they care about is hunting. Appeasing 1-2% of their sales isn’t what they’re interested in. Trust me.
They don't focus on it but they dabble with products like the TAC A1.
I love Tikkas. I have three and and am planning on getting a forth, but their centerfire magazine proces have to be one of the biggest eff yous to the customer in the firearms industry.
The Tac A1 isn’t for sport or competition shooting, it was a tactical offering.
I love Tikkas as well. Just wait for Shot Show in January
Oh I'm sure that's what it's for but I bet the majority of them are civilian owned.
Can you leak any more hints about your inside knowledge of their upcoming offerings? Someone else said to expect a T1X replacement.
Just order a nice custom 700 footprint action and call it a day. You're going to be lightyears ahead than trying to build on a brand new full-priced Tikka and build it exactly how you want it. Because, like others have said, you're pretty much going to have to buy a whole new rifle, strip it down, and then sell the factory fodder, if you can even get a couple hundred bucks for it. I have tons of factory 700 parts I'll never get any money for, because they're so plentiful, everyone can buy better aftermarket parts than the factory ones, so they just sit in boxes and on the benches in small plastic bins.
And in the end, the custom action will be WAY smoother, easier to customize, and worth exponentially more money in resale value. The Tikka, will still be a Tikka... And for majority of people, that's not a plus. It's still a factory mass-produced action, like a Remington 700 or a Savage. You're literally polishing a turd. It's not 10 years ago, where custom 700's were still a real popular thing. Now with all the custom action options, nobody really builds on a 700 anymore, except for old guys and people building lightweight hunting rifles, mil clones, and rebuilding nostalgic family rifles. Nothing wrong with the Tikkas, but it's much cheaper to just buy one you like off the shelf and do a few small mods here and there, but not changing out any major hardware (barrel, stock, etc...) and using it for hunting. If you're going to go full-on custom, go balls to the wall, and get a 700 footprint real custom action at the heart of your build.
Not trying to burst your bubble, just trying to save you money and lots of headaches right out of the gate.
And in the end, the custom action will be WAY smoother, easier to customize, and worth exponentially more money in resale value. The Tikka, will still be a Tikka... And for majority of people, that's not a plus. It's still a factory mass-produced action, like a Remington 700 or a Savage. You're literally polishing a turd. It's not 10 years ago, where custom 700's were still a real popular thing. Now with all the custom action options, nobody really builds on a 700 anymore, except for old guys and people building lightweight hunting rifles, mil clones, and rebuilding nostalgic family rifles. Nothing wrong with the Tikkas, but it's much cheaper to just buy one you like off the shelf and do a few small mods here and there, but not changing out any major hardware (barrel, stock, etc...) and using it for hunting. If you're going to go full-on custom, go balls to the wall, and get a 700 footprint real custom action at the heart of your build.
Not trying to burst your bubble, just trying to save you money and lots of headaches right out of the gate.
Haven’t heard anything about a T1x replacement. Haven’t heard anything about any new calibers or twist rates either. The Fins are not jumping on new calibers and it annoys me. 6 Creed is a no brainer but who knows. There’s really only one thing I know since I helped prototype it but I can’t say anything quite yet. But my profile pic might give you an idea.
People like what they like. That might be your route but not everyone else’s. Tikka actions are better than old rem700 or current savage actions. And a lot would agree with me. If tikka barrels weren’t known for being torqued on by Odin himself then I think they’d be more prevalent in the space. But buying a 6.5 creed super varmint is a great start to a custom setup. Shoot it in its current stock, then upgrade to a chassis and you’re good until that barrel burns up. Then spin on a 1.25” contour and now you’re in the same space for less money.
Yeah, I'm going to have to strongly disagree with you on that one (except for the Savage part, Savage has always, and will always be junk, IMO), as I've shot and handled more than my share of them. But like you said, everybody likes what they like. Just trying to save the guy money and headaches since he seemed to want to go full-custom with it.
He wanted a tikka action. He didn’t ask about $2k defiance actions. Yeah those actions are of course better than a Tikka. But if you’re grabbing a rifle off the rack at Sportsman’s Warehouse Tikka is definitely at the top of the list. Especially for a budget rifle, which is what tikka really is. But a damn good budget rifle at that.
He doesn't have to jump straight up to a $2,000 Defiance action? He could buy an on sale $700 Solus or a $1000 CDG or Origin and be WAY ahead of a Tikka...And way ahead of anything else off a factory assembly line, too, for that matter. And he would only be spending a couple hundred more off the bat. But what he'd be saving in the cost of 700 based parts, he'd break about even in the long-run.
It was just a suggestion for him, since he sounded like he wanted to go full-custom on a factory action build. So I just thought I'd suggest that incase he hadn't thought about that option. Building off a factory action has become MUCH less common the last couple years, thanks to several new custom actions that are/were under the $1,000 mark, which is about what a factory action, plus gunsmith fees to blueprint will end up costing you...Believe me, I've built a pile of custom 700's. And with the custom actions, you can buy prefit barrels and build the damn thing at home with a few tools, minimal experience, and an internet connection (YouTube for videos on how-to).
$650 is pretty hard to beat:
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