I've searched high and low but haven't seen much out there. Does anybody have an Ithaca or Tikka LSA-55 in the original stock that they would be willing to take the action out of the stock and take some pictures of the stock as well as the overall assembly / action? Better yet, if you're in Alberta I'd be happy to make a trip and meet up as well, and maybe even explore paying for you to drop the stock off at a gunsmiths so they could duplicate it?
Background:
I've inherited a Tikka (Tikkakoski) LSA-55 in .308 from a family member, it's also the first rifle I ever hunted with so it has some sentimental value and I'd really like to restore it to at least a better shooter than it is right now. I've been hunting with it fairly ignorantly for the past couple years. Ignorantly as in: it needs a lot of TLC (really opens up at 200 yards and beyond) but most of my bush hunting is within 100 yards so I haven't had an urgent need to service it. Long story short, I'd really like to do that in the near future, ideally over the winter after this upcoming season.
Both the stock and trigger guard were severely damaged in the past. It's been in a cheap plastic stock for probably a decade now (since before I got it), and the stock replacement & inletting looks very shabby (read: looks like it was done with a kitchen utensil). The trigger guard was a custom replacement by a high-school shop teacher. It's ugly but it works. I think the stock and bedding job is what's mostly negatively impacting the accuracy.
Background:
I've inherited a Tikka (Tikkakoski) LSA-55 in .308 from a family member, it's also the first rifle I ever hunted with so it has some sentimental value and I'd really like to restore it to at least a better shooter than it is right now. I've been hunting with it fairly ignorantly for the past couple years. Ignorantly as in: it needs a lot of TLC (really opens up at 200 yards and beyond) but most of my bush hunting is within 100 yards so I haven't had an urgent need to service it. Long story short, I'd really like to do that in the near future, ideally over the winter after this upcoming season.
Both the stock and trigger guard were severely damaged in the past. It's been in a cheap plastic stock for probably a decade now (since before I got it), and the stock replacement & inletting looks very shabby (read: looks like it was done with a kitchen utensil). The trigger guard was a custom replacement by a high-school shop teacher. It's ugly but it works. I think the stock and bedding job is what's mostly negatively impacting the accuracy.
