Tikka !

The gunsmith concluding that there is something wrong with Tikkas simply because he (in his estimation) fixes a lot of them is misguided to say the least.
 
I would like to know how he 'fixes' them, and see before and after pics.

As for rust, even stainless rifles will rust if neglected. I have seen stainless rust on Brownings, Remingtons, Tikka, Sako, and many blued ones. All from neglect.
 
He lives in south of Quebec, so you have nothing to worry about. Anyway, I'm happy to read your comments guys. Since I own a Tikka myself, wanted to get other feedbacks.

Thanks
 
I have a Tikka Hunter .270.I love that rifle.The finish on the,blueing is not the best,but once you know that,it's not a proble.There all kinds of products out there that will make them less likely to rust,I put floor wax on mine...
 
catapult said:
Apparently they didnt like the rain. Many hunters bring them back after a rainy hunting trip and they seems to have some difficulty to handle it. The action and the metal parts easily rust.
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I have a Tikka M695 in .300 Winmag. It will rust on a day trip. The downside of awesome iron is it rusts easily. Blued Tikkas rust VERY easily. I have since gone to froglube. Let's see if that helps.
 
My Tikka is SS also, nor have I had it in adverse conditions... So I can't really contribute to the issue of rust. But come on, ANY rifle will rust if it is neglected. That's just the nature of the beast.

I, too, used to think that Tikka's were way up there on the quality spectrum, now that I own one, I see that it isn't much better than Rem or Savage. Fit and finish wise, anyways. It is a shooter though. I wouldn't call it a "tack driver" but I routinely shoot .4MOA with it.

SL
 
My experience with Tikka's is that they are amazing, especially for the price. I've owned 2 over the last 7 years and only thing that's failed with the plastic bolt shroud and I have a crack in trigger guard (doesn't effect function). I've never mistreated them, just hunted hard with it.

Both mine shoot better than me.

I really can't see anything else going wrong with the tikka besides some of the plastic breaking. Haven't heard anything worse than what I've experienced with them and I still absolutely love them.
 
One of the worst I've seen is savage. In my experience the plastic and blued savage rifles tend to rust up faster than any other rifle I've seen. All rifles need some tlc, but from what I've seen, the savage rifles need the most to keep them from get ALL rusted up. And I've seen a couple of them that were neglected a bit, and they turned into rusty crowbars very quickly.
 
Exactly, it doesn't matter the brand, I try to take all my rifles apart once a year and spray all the steel with Rust Check. If it's a wood stock, I varnish the inside of the stock with a couple coats. If your gun is wet, wipe it down as best as you can before putting in gun case. Once you get home or camp, remove from gun case and dry properly with action open.
I still have 2 Tikka's out of the four I bought and never had any rusting problems with any of them, or with any other brands.
 
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catapult said:
Apparently they didnt like the rain. Many hunters bring them back after a rainy hunting trip and they seems to have some difficulty to handle it. The action and the metal parts easily rust.
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That is called 'neglect'. Wipe the rifle down, put oil on it, etc... ALL blued steel left wet in the scabbard, gun bag, etc., will show rust.

My Tikka T3 Lite SS has been flawless, accurate and totally reliable over many years of hunting. In fact it is getting a promotion - I'm putting a Leupold scope on it... it has earned it!
 
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