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PSA: Don't let your bolt gun fall with the bolt open while cleaning it. **UPDATE: FIXED**
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The real question is, what would have happened if you have dropped a TR.net rifle ontop of your rifle...
That's why you buy 4 actions at a time!!!! You should always have a few spares around...
In all seriousness a little tig time should repair that until a new bolt is sourced. Or you could upgrade to a stevens...?
In all seriousness a little tig time should repair that until a new bolt is sourced. Or you could upgrade to a stevens...?
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If you were the correct handed, you wouldn’t be dealing with a broken bolt. It would have fell on the flat side.
This has been an eye opening thread for me. I had no idea Tikka customer service(Edit: and quality) was so bad, and by extension Beretta.
To be honest, I'm generally not comfortable trusting the handle of most bolt guns to keep the bolt closed if the primary lugs let go.
Just schooled myself up on their uber high quality products ???
finding any evidence of a modern bolt action rifle failing by shearing the lugs has proven very difficult For me.
I’d think the pressures needed to do that would make testing if the bolt handle would stop it the least of your problems.
a 15# rifle landed on the handle of an open bolt. I wouldn’t be so quick to knock Tikka.
I’ve done far dumber things than CLC’s little accident.
Good on him to fess up and maybe save someone else from such a mishap.
I understand what you're saying, but a single fall from that height shouldn't be a life-ending impact when it comes to heat-treated steel, especially for their flagship bolt-action rifle. Besides, customer service hasn't been good to a customer, especially for one of their higher cost rifles.
Whose gonna prove AI superiority by dropping one with the bolt open?
Never had a action fail yet .......
Yup. Dropped it off this afternoon. Should be tomorrow or day after
Seen here in the wild, the Walmartus Gunus, slowly opening its mouth to eat it favorite food, Trees.
Not sure how you figure. How many falls is acceptable for a heavy rifle to land on a relatively small part and cause no damage? Where was the force supposed to go? If it was a one piece bolt and the handle bent who would just hammer it back into place and carry on?
Me thinks expectations are out of whack here. I don't see a lot of rifle ads touting how many times they can dropped with no adverse effects. I wouldn't expect warranty service for such a thing either. If I crash my car does the warranty cover that?
On the flip side, I get it that a rifle shouldn't fall to pieces if it gets some rough handling but in the end it's just a bunch of parts and the right force in the right place will disable the system
-Stooxie
The flagship model is the Sako TRG. Tikka is the “budget” line if you will. At least the handles take a drop to break off. If I am not mistaken, Remington’s bolts fall off on their own.
I have all three rifles I just mentioned. None failed me to this point.
Just curious, not trying to say you did anything wrong, but what caused your bolt to crack and how old was the rifle? Weird that just getting a new bolt wasn't an option.
-Stooxie
instant replacement parts for Sakos and Tikkas are not always available in the US. The tech explained to me that some parts have to be salvaged off of other guns when I called about a part for my TRG. I don’t think they import a lot of extra parts.
I called Midwest, Browells, and Beretta. Nobody has a left hand T3 bolt body with a 308 face. They do have standard Magnum and 223 bolt faces though.
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With maybe one or two exceptions that escape me, it's getting to where cottage industry is the only manufacturer that doesn't make cheap ass rifles. If you're old enough, you can remember when there was no demand for custom actions because there was no need. It would have been a ludicrous venture. This is why I believe, when left alone, the invisible hand of supply and demand will take care of itself.
because a savage is so ugly that the floor would have run away screaming.
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It was a new T3 stainless in 243 with less than 200 rounds fired through it. I was shooting a 95gr Hornady SST with new Federal brass and a light charge of fresh RL19 when the bolt cracked next to to extractor. Every charge was weighed and checked. I sent the rifle in and they said it was a hot load and that they had no way of testing the metal or analyzing the failure. So Tikka condemned the rifle and sent it back. No repairs offered, no phone call to discuss options, just a returned rifle and a letter stating that they flagged the receiver and the rifle was basically trash. The reciever and barrel as far as I could tell were not damaged in any way. To me it looked like a bad bolt. This isn't the first time I've heard of a bolt failure in that area.
I'm glad you found them, just very disappointed to see that's how easy it is to break a Tikka Bolt handle from the bolt. Anyhow, best of luck through all this.
I sort of had a similar issue, but it pretty much was my fault with a Win 70 CPRF bolt. I used an oversized piece of brass. Force loaded it and then it wouldn't extract. I got the bolt handle open, but then forced the bolt to the rear. In the ensuing melee (again, I point out it was MY fault) I busted the lower boss that holds the extractor. It's not nearly as strong as it's push-feed counterpart, let alone the controlled-round feed claw.
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