Tikka M55 What's it worth?
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well I don't know about that - you are the first person I have heard identifying this issue on the M55... I haven't disassembled my M55 bolt but I don't see any difference fundamentally than the Remington M700 (or many other actions - recall the US Govt seems happy with the 700) could be a design issue - but I am skeptical. Certainly Sako and Steyr bolt shrouds are a good thing and that is one of the reasons Sako's command a better price.
AP, disassembly of the bolt won't tell you much of anything. Just look at the rifle from the back with the bolt closed, the bolt lug raceways are wide open all the way to the face of the barrel. The bolt head to breech interface is nothing more than an unsupported gap, nothing at all like a Rem 700. The Tikka 55 is a damn poor design, but proves the fact that if enough polish is applied to a turd, someone will buy it. To me they are the Ford Pinto of the rifle world.
Well, for a damn poor design my M 55 is a superb shooter and has functioned flawlessly for the thousands, not hundreds of rounds I've put through it.
I'm a Remington lover and that Tikka has put any M 700 308 I've had to shame for consistency.
When I first had it my Dear Wife shot a 0.27 " five shot group and backed that up with a 0.13" three shot group.
Would I buy it again ??...... in a heartbeat ... its in my gun safe to stay...
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I briefly had an LSA-65 and I think that the trigger assembly was differnt from my M65 338 deluxes (i.e. not as nice). My sporter in .243 is interesting as there is a milled slot before the factory applied the tikka m55 mark. Wondering if it was from a lot that was destine to be an LSA-55 that got redirected back to Tikka assembly line. Will have to post a pic later.
These receivers are built like a tank and well suited for magnum duties. Lots of safety features and well engineered. Not fully understanding the turd thing... ...would love to hear what the perceived issue is. I.e. if X fails then Y occurs.
These receivers are built like a tank and well suited for magnum duties. Lots of safety features and well engineered. Not fully understanding the turd thing... ...would love to hear what the perceived issue is. I.e. if X fails then Y occurs.
funny you mention the milled oval on the receiver - I have a .308W exactly like that and wondered the same thing. I am pretty sure that's what happened. I believe you are right and they were destined to be Ithaca's. They are very nice rifles...but the Sako's are better and when they were new - the relative price difference was considered warranted. And a lot of folks simply don't want a detachable mag on a hunting rifle - and few target shooters care.
Wonder if it is a noted variant!
I'll have to measure the width of 65 vs 55 later; however, I'm thinking that there is enough rigidity to do an excellent F class rifle off of in either, single shot or not.
Ultimately, I'm an M65 fan due to the staggered mag for trekking. The excellent factory trigger, great single cut barrel and integral scope ring rail are all bonuses.
The mag availibility is an issue, so I'll put an ad here: wanted, spare magum cal M65 mag!
In the end, I beleive that the Norweigians kept the M65 going, but in a different direction. I almost got one of those, but it was in left hand.
R
I'll have to measure the width of 65 vs 55 later; however, I'm thinking that there is enough rigidity to do an excellent F class rifle off of in either, single shot or not.
Ultimately, I'm an M65 fan due to the staggered mag for trekking. The excellent factory trigger, great single cut barrel and integral scope ring rail are all bonuses.
The mag availibility is an issue, so I'll put an ad here: wanted, spare magum cal M65 mag!
In the end, I beleive that the Norweigians kept the M65 going, but in a different direction. I almost got one of those, but it was in left hand.
R
I think if a guy can shoot well enough to be competitive in F Class...he might as well start with a Barnard (or similar action) and a Kreiger or Mclennan barrel and one of 3 or 4 dozen stocks and numerous trigger options. There is a reason you don't see the M55 or M65 on the line.....its a tough way - and probably frustrating - way to stay out of the medals.
One guy knows what he's talking about, the rest will never shoot enough to have an informed opinion. A few thousand rounds is not a years worth of shooting for me. LMAO. When a shooter has a 5 gallon pail of fired rifle primers under their press he might just have more than a few not so humble opinions about the hundreds of rifles that dented those primers. The rest of the shallow water opinions are are nothing more than a waste of time and bandwidth.
Maybe one guy ' thinks ' he knows what he is talking about.
This started out as a simple question about the value of a rifle, there is no need to belittle other posters and their opinions with your questionable wealth of knowledge.
My ' Ignore ' list became one name longer....
JJ, one more question if you don't mind ?
In post 11 here, you say you purchased two 55 deluxe rifles in the last 3 years.
In your post 28, also here, you describe the 55 as a"turd" .
I am wondering whether your two model 55 rifles have already been sold?
In post 11 here, you say you purchased two 55 deluxe rifles in the last 3 years.
In your post 28, also here, you describe the 55 as a"turd" .
I am wondering whether your two model 55 rifles have already been sold?
JJ-65 ..thank you - you are correct that the M55 bolt has no shroud to cover the left bolt raceway - certainly mine does not (nor the right for that matter...but I would expect any gas escaping that way would leave via the action loading port cut out).. In any event there appears to be nothing on the left side of the action to accommodate escaped gas other than a small gas port on the left of the breech to permit gas to escape. Incidentally this is not the case with the M65 which has enough "meat" on the rear of the bolt to cover the raceways and act as a shroud. I am also wondering however if your friends .17 Rem was re-barreled (for the third time) properly and if the new barrel had the unusual small, reverse, cone protruding from the factory barrel face to the bolt face or if the new barrel was installed with a flat face cut short to accommodate the extractor ... leaving that part of the cartridge also unsupported. It is interesting that de Haas did not identify this issue regarding the open left raceway.
