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

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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...
 
I think if the action and barrel are stock factory tikka... Its still a tikka. Most people will say its a tikka action with X barrel, X trigger X chassis ect. It seems the "action" is the main component/platform/design. People call their custom rifles that are built on the 700 platform, a rem 700 built by X ect.
 
So long as everything is done in good taste, zero in on the Tikka receiver and it's a Tikka. Otherwise it's a Bubba.
 
It is all context.

If someone says they they shoot an Anschutz, CZ 457 LRP or a Cooey, I assume it is a factory rifle with maybe a few mods and not just the action.

If someone is an NRL shooter and says they have a CZ 457, Tikka T1X, Ruger 10/22, or a Bergara, then I assume they are referring to it as a platform and likely the action is the only stock part.
 
BlackPowderBurner said:
You're confusing the definition from the firearms act with reality. Receivers are one component of a firearm, who manufactured it and who made the rifle can be different.
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I am not. The receiver is the firearm. Change everything else, and the receiver still defines the firearm. Change the receiver, and now it's a different firearm, with a different name.
 
A number of competitive disciplines have Factory/Production vs Open divisions, so you can expect as-sold in the one and fully tricked out in the other.
 
Blastattack said:
I am not. The receiver is the firearm. Change everything else, and the receiver still defines the firearm. Change the receiver, and now it's a different firearm, with a different name.
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T/C Contender would fit the bill.
If it x’d the line as a restricted, up’ear there is no going back even with a swapped bawrill making it legal length.

And it’s ahh fruck’in muzzle brake.
 
kamlooky said:
T/C Contender would fit the bill.
If it x’d the line as a restricted, up’ear there is no going back even with a swapped bawrill making it legal length.

And it’s ahh fruck’in muzzle brake.
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When there is zero difference between the NR and R.

I can slap a stock on mine and longer barrel, nobody would ever know it's a restricted handgun.
 
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...
 
The manufacturer (in this case Tikka) marks the action with a name and a serial number. That manufacturer will always be the name. You can change every other part of that rifle and it will always be a Tikka. It is the serialized part that identifies it.

If one replaced the factory barrel with a Lilja barrel then one could refer to it as a Tikka with a Lilja barrel. You could add a trigger designation as well or a stock designation. This is just listing components of the "build."

But it is always a Tikka.
 
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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Swap everything minus reciever. It a custom Tikka, but still a Tikka.

Most of us are not purist.
 
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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what does this have to do with the make of the firearm it's still a tikka
 
Well I’ve built rifles on a Remington action. Would I call it a 700 still well depends on the degree of changes and who I’m discussing it with. For someone who knows firearms I would say it’s built a Remington action ergo it isn’t a “Remington” per se since every other part is a different manufacturer and the actions been trued. Tomato potato all in context. End of the day different guys will give you different answers. One guy might just say “custom Remington”
 
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