How many and what kind of mods can you do and still call (say) Tikka a Tikka?

struff55 said:
what does this have to do with the make of the firearm it's still a tikka
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I chose to reply to you because you put it in a pill what must are saying.
In my eyes, it's no longer a Tikka. It's a rifle that is based on Tikka receiver.
Factory stamp? So, if I took a barrel from my old Marlin and managed to put it on a different receiver, would it be a Marlin? Heck, why just a barrel. The stock and the barrel and the action and, IIRC, some other components on my 30/30 Marlin that is about as old as I am bears factory stamps with matching numbers! Mind you, that's a piece well from before lawyer button times... God forbid that if any of these pieces was used on anything else, it validate the resulting contraption to be called a "Marlin". Sure, call me at purist or crazy or whatever. To me (not necessarily to you), Marlin ended the day Remington took it over. It could be nostalgia speaking through me but I do remember times when Remington and Tikka were best known for their sewing machines...
 
GPSMapNut said:
I chose to reply to you because you put it in a pill what must are saying.
In my eyes, it's no longer a Tikka. It's a rifle that is based on Tikka receiver.
Factory stamp? So, if I took a barrel from my old Marlin and managed to put it on a different receiver, would it be a Marlin? Heck, why just a barrel. The stock and the barrel and the action and, IIRC, some other components on my 30/30 Marlin that is about as old as I am bears factory stamps with matching numbers! Mind you, that's a piece well from before lawyer button times... God forbid that if any of these pieces was used on anything else, it validate the resulting contraption to be called a "Marlin". Sure, call me at purist or crazy or whatever. To me (not necessarily to you), Marlin ended the day Remington took it over. It could be nostalgia speaking through me but I do remember times when Remington and Tikka were best known for their sewing machines...
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If you took the barrel off your Marlin and put it on a Rem. It be what the reciever is.

Changing the stock, trigger etc doesn't change the fact its a tikka. Called Customizing.

My No4 didn't become a M31 suomi because I used a barrel off one.
 
GPSMapNut said:
Looks like most everyone thinks that the defining element is the one that has virtually the least impact on accuracy and performance. Personally, I find it odd and kind of amusing to hear such things from the same people who get angry at burocrates who impose laws based on scary looks...
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That is because items such as the barrel, stock, and trigger are the least defining elements of identifying what a firearm "is" or "was". The receiver/action, along with their design, markings, and mechanics, are what clearly identify the firearm.
 
GPSMapNut said:
OK, I get it. Everyone wants to have a perfect rifle.I got a Tikka T1x and put a scope on it. Heck, after all, it doesn't even have provisions for iron sights.
I put on it Tikka pistol grip and forearm. Added a picatinny rail to mount a tripod. Going to add a check raiser. May add a bolt shim to control the headspace. Oh, also added a muzzle break just because I didn't like the plastic thread protector. All in all, these were all additions, not replacements so; I think that my rifle is still a Tikka T1x.
Now; I see some "T1x" (or whatever other brand) with a replaced trigger assembly, barrel, stock/chassis. In effect, all what's (usually) left from the original is the receiver and the bolt... To me, it's no longer a Tikka or whatever brand that Frankenstein started as.
Once again; I'm not questioning why. I simply wonder, at what point it's no longer a Tikka or whatever other brand it started as...
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My questions is... does it shoot any better?
 
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