Gunsmithing SNEAK PEEK: Direct replacement bolts completed for Tikka Actions.

[LRI]

Direct replacement bolts for the Tikka actions are now a thing.

Details:

Stainless bolt body and handle
Complete fire control
Bar stock machined bolt shroud. -No plastic or Zinc casting
.480 and .545 diameter bolt faces available We might do a .590 for Lapua and/or a .390 for 223 stuff later
RIGHT HANDED only. Sorry Lefties.
M16 style extractor

We have inventory on the floor. I'm currently working on the extractors and they'll be done hopefully this week. They still have to go to heat treat but that doesn't take very long.

Price: $375.00 for the complete drop on bolt. These will only be sold as complete units.

Here's a little video clip I did a few minutes ago on FB:

https://fb.watch/26cq7rgpzW/

 

[Estes640]

Beautiful! Looking forward to this as a better option for replacements.

Will the fire controls from this bolt fit into the existing tikka body? I’ve known tikkas (at least mine) to be hard on firing pins and seem to eat away at them sooner than other rifles.

 

[powdahound76]

Tikka just improved... Cool stuff!

heard more than 1 story of crummy CS after issues with bolts, and Beretta not selling a replacement.
That bummed me out as I have been happy with their stuff.

Now if you just made Tikka AICS compatible DBM...

 

[skyrep]

let us know when we can start buying.

 

[bgavin]

 

[Adam B]

does this mean we won't see anymore post about broken Tikka bolts

 

[LRI]

let us know when we can start buying.

Getting setup to run extractors now. Not too much longer.

 

[pmclaine]

Damn!

Now people will go back to saying Remington bolts suck for having handle failures.........

 

[LeftyJason]

Are you ever going to do lefty bolts?

 

[louu]

Mother of God! That is beautiful

 

[Kadams1563]

Now if we could just buy Tikka actions bare. I’d build on one if I could get just a bare action.

 

[Jscb1b]

What did you do to your thumb? Stitches?

 

[Steel head]

That’s huge!!!!!!
And a reasonable price!

 

[pmclaine]

That’s huge!!!!!!
And a reasonable price!

Looks to be about the same size as any other Tikka bolt.

 

[Steel head]

Looks to be about the same size as any other Tikka bolt.

Lol
Except try to find a magnum bolt right now.

 

[adamjma]

Are you ever going to do lefty bolts?

SH group buy maybe? @LongRifles Inc.

 

[Steel head]

Paging @Sniperwannabee

 

[LRI]

What did you do to your thumb? Stitches?

I bought an in floor winch mount for my race car trailer. Reinforcing the floor substructure, I had to notch it with a hole saw.

I fucked up. . .

 

[Jscb1b]

I bought an in floor winch mount for my race car trailer. Reinforcing the floor substructure, I had to notch it with a hole saw.

I fucked up. . .

There is a thread about safety.

 

[Sniperwannabee]

does this mean we won't see anymore post about broken Tikka bolts

i never heard of a tikka bolt breaking? Bolt stop maybe

 

[Steel head]

i never heard of a tikka bolt breaking? Bolt stop maybe

There’s a running thread on it.
It’s a pretty rare issue like your AI bolt.

 

[Sniperwannabee]

This is a great addition to the shooting community! Thank you, BTW this forum is terrible for people trying to save money is 223 in the future?

 

[MNhunter1]

Another vote for a lefty option...you can even pair it with a new K&P barrel install as a package deal

 

[Raffy]

I bought an in floor winch mount for my race car trailer. Reinforcing the floor substructure, I had to notch it with a hole saw.

Why in the world would you have to notch your thumb with a hole saw???

J/K, sweet looking product. Slides like buttah!

 

[Anb618]

This is a great addition to the shooting community! Thank you, BTW this forum is terrible for people trying to save money is 223 in the future?

Seconds for a .223 bolt. I see a switch-barrel/switch-bolt T3x in my future.

 

[AKMarty]

Will you be selling coated or bare metal?I’m assuming it will be slip in and go?

Thanks for the update.

 

[LRI]

Will you be selling coated or bare metal?I’m assuming it will be slip in and go?

Thanks for the update.

These bolts are made from the same type of SS that the original Tikka bolts are made from. Therefore, no coating is applied or required. The shrouds are carbon steel and they are black oxide finish.

As for "slip in and go."

A number of folks have inquired about how "drop-in-capable" these parts are. I can tell you this:

I have a small gaggle of Tikka receivers and take off barrels here at the shop. Yesterday we assembled one just to see how things would go. It all worked. The gun went together just as one would hope. We had zero issues with breech clearance or Headspace.

I look at this as encouraging because the parts are random pieces accumulated over several years. The fact they all went together as expected strongly suggests that Tikka runs a pretty tight ship. I feel pretty good about standing behind our bolts being able to work with switch barrel setups. (Assuming the barrels chambered by a 3rd party are done correctly).


Hope this helps.

C.

 

[pmhaddad]

I bought an in floor winch mount for my race car trailer. Reinforcing the floor substructure, I had to notch it with a hole saw.

I fucked up. . .

A fellow racer and gun enthusiast! Now I gotta buy this bolt (as if I wasn't going to already)

 

[LRI]

A fellow racer and gun enthusiast! Now I gotta buy this bolt (as if I wasn't going to already)

It's a disease...

Kalli's G8. 650 to the tire. You should see her Mini Cooper S. That thing is baller!

My GTO street car. E85'd and Whippled 421 LSX I built. Just put a newer Whipple 3 liter on it. Were hoping for 1300's to the tire on this one.

Aaaaaannnddd, HoOdRaT. The track car. An 8.3L Whipple on methanol plopped on top of a 5.3LS. Its a freakshow. Just got the zoomies done last week. Heads back to the dyno here in a couple of weeks.

 

[BLKWLFK9]

This has been long over due for someone to tackle. great job, Chad.

 

[bmeudy]

It's a disease...

Kalli's G8. 650 to the tire. You should see her Mini Cooper S. That thing is baller!

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My GTO street car. E85'd and Whippled 421 LSX I built. Just put a newer Whipple 3 liter on it. Were hoping for 1300's to the tire on this one.

View attachment 7490460


Aaaaaannnddd, HoOdRaT. The track car. An 8.3L Whipple on methanol plopped on top of a 5.3LS. Its a freakshow. Just got the zoomies done last week. Heads back to the dyno here in a couple of weeks.

you’re obsessed with cars the way we are obsessed with guns.

 

[Sniperwannabee]

So @LongRifles Inc. do you do tikka prefits and bolt combo deals?

 

[tbx]

SH group buy maybe? @LongRifles Inc.

A SH launch group buy would be awesome!

 

[Mnestor751]

Holy mother of Jesus! Yeeess!

 

[Sniperwannabee]

.223

 

[LRI]

A special isn't out of the question. I just have to get all the ducks in a row first.

 

[Raffy]

Would you flute any prior to shipping if somebody asked for it?

 

[Walt K]

When the heck do you find the time to do all this stuff?
Do you eat and sleep?

 

[LRI]

Would you flute any prior to shipping if somebody asked for it?

Yes, all you do is use our store just like for any other bolt.

 

[louu]

A SH launch group buy would be awesome!

A special isn't out of the question. I just have to get all the ducks in a row first.

Count me in

 

[clcustom1911]

i never heard of a tikka bolt breaking? Bolt stop maybe

I may, or may not, have been the genesis of said broke Tikka bolt thread

 

[Sniperwannabee]

I may, or may not, have been the genesis of said broke Tikka bolt thread

surprised I missed that post a link

 

[clcustom1911]

surprised I missed that post a link

PSA: Don't let your bolt gun fall with the bolt open while cleaning it. **UPDATE: FIXED**

Because this happens when you have your sexy Tikka T3x Tac A1 on the work bench, on the bipod, then you bump it, and it falls to the ground... landing on the bolt handle....

www.snipershide.com

 

[Dbspaded7]

Sweet! I like having options

 

[Precision Underground]

I’m in for a group buy.

 

[Sniperwannabee]

PSA: Don't let your bolt gun fall with the bolt open while cleaning it. **UPDATE: FIXED**

Because this happens when you have your sexy Tikka T3x Tac A1 on the work bench, on the bipod, then you bump it, and it falls to the ground... landing on the bolt handle....

www.snipershide.com

that don’t count it was dropped with a open bolt, I thought u meant during normal operation

 

[Sniperwannabee]

So one tikka broke when it was dropped with a open bolt and people are saying tikka bolts are prone to break???? Sounds like jealousy to me, that’s the Internet for you

 

[rydah]

Very cool and long overdue.

 

[Konarex]

Tag

 

[tbx]

Any updates on these?