Persactly. You buy a Tikka because it performs so well out of the box. Otherwise get a Remington 700.
Okie John
Persactly. You buy a Tikka because it performs so well out of the box. Otherwise get a Remington 700.
Okie John
“The reliability of the 30-06 on most of the world’s non-dangerous game is so well established as to be beyond intelligent dispute.” Finn Aagaard
"Don't fuck with it" seems to prevent the vast majority of reported issues." BehindBlueI's
I reached out to a contact at Magpul and received this reply: "Thanks for the info. Tikka is a viable platform, which we have considered already and may end up doing something for it."
With a little modification to the magazine's catch slot, Alpha mags work in a Tikka CTR and a Sako TRG.
Trigger, in CTR w factory stock or in a chassis?
If factory, what's entailed in the mod?
"Backstabbers and window-lickers rise to the top of human organizations like oxygen-rich turds in a champagne fountain. I suspect it's been that way since at least the Bronze Age." _ Me. 2016
I'll try to see if the pictures below can capture what I did. I added a slot to the back of the Alpha mag for the TRG mag catch to engage into.
In the lower photo the Alpha mag is on the bottom. You can see the rectangular slot I cut. Since the mag has a different shape by the feed lips compared to the Sako, you have to adjust the distance from the feedlips to the rectangular slot.