Tikka = Stupid

the blur · June 10, 2018, 09:59 PM

Just brought a Tikka lite hunting rifle.
4 little screw in plugs have to be removed to mount a scope.
Not 1 will spin out with a screw driver. Long story short, they are plastic, and need to be punched in and land in the action or throat.

So stupid that anyone would sell a rifle like this..

Mobuck · June 11, 2018, 04:05 AM

"need to be punched in and land in the action or throat."
If your Tikka has a through hole into the "throat", you have far worse problems than plastic filler screws.

jmr40 · June 11, 2018, 06:40 AM

The scope mounting holes on every rifle I've ever owned were drilled all the way through the action. None have been into the chamber.

This doesn't hurt a thing, there is no reason to use steel plug screws on a rifle with no iron sights anyway. People just take those out and lose them anyway. Good on Tikka for finding a way to save a little money in a way that doesn't have an effect on quality.

MTT TL · June 11, 2018, 07:40 AM

If they were in the chamber that would be something. A gout of flame shooting out the top, doubtful any scope screw could hold it without becoming a missile.

hooligan1 · June 11, 2018, 09:22 AM

My buddy has the T3 Lite, and his was same way, we popped them out and proceeded mounting a new Vortex Viper, 2.5-10×44.
Couldn't remember anything remarkable about it.

Elkins45 · June 11, 2018, 09:34 AM

First world problems

Rifletom · June 11, 2018, 11:21 AM

Mobuck answered that before I could stop laughing. Holy cow!

fourbore · June 11, 2018, 05:15 PM

I though these rilfes came with rings. Is there something wrong with those?

Bottom Gun · June 11, 2018, 05:30 PM

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I though these rilfes came with rings. Is there something wrong with those?

I just bought a new Tikka T3 Lite on Gunbroker. It came with sling swivels but no rings.

fourbore · June 11, 2018, 06:10 PM

Yea. Figures.....

http://www.rokslide.com/forums/firea...ope-rings.html

The free rings are a thing of the past. The American consumer hates to get free rings, when the alternative is too mount a pitti-cannary rail and six screw rings with a 50mm scope.

The online Tikka catalog only shows the gastly optilock setup. Warne looks ok.

Bottom Gun · June 11, 2018, 06:27 PM

It was no big deal for me since I would have used different rings anyway. I bought a set of Leupold standard bases and rings for this one. For centerfire rifles, I prefer bases that screw mount rather than rings that clamp to a rimfire type rail.

precision_shooter · June 11, 2018, 06:32 PM

Hmm, mine came with a base installed, without plastic screws/plugs.

Scorch · June 12, 2018, 12:29 AM

Poor guy. I think you scared him away. But if not, I am willing to offer myself as the recipient of said defective Tikka rifle at no charge. It's just hte way I am.

fourbore · June 12, 2018, 07:49 AM

Well the OP maybe gone, but; here is an atractive Tikka. No screws, no base. UnAmerican perhaps:

I have found several sources of real metal bottom metal. Almost plastic free. Just substitute a Leupold and good to go.

hooligan1 · June 12, 2018, 08:02 AM

We used a DNZ one piece mount for my friends rifles, worked perfectly.

Chainsaw. · June 14, 2018, 01:14 PM

Next you're gonna tell us that rifle **gasp!!** isnt a .30 caliber! Oh the humanity!

Beautiful rifle. Nice wood.

shurshot · July 3, 2018, 03:28 PM

Nice looking rifle!

June 10, 2018, 09:59 PM	#1
the blur Senior Member Join Date: October 3, 2010 Posts: 243	Tikka = Stupid Just brought a Tikka lite hunting rifle. 4 little screw in plugs have to be removed to mount a scope. Not 1 will spin out with a screw driver. Long story short, they are plastic, and need to be punched in and land in the action or throat. So stupid that anyone would sell a rifle like this..

June 11, 2018, 06:40 AM	#3
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,809	The scope mounting holes on every rifle I've ever owned were drilled all the way through the action. None have been into the chamber. This doesn't hurt a thing, there is no reason to use steel plug screws on a rifle with no iron sights anyway. People just take those out and lose them anyway. Good on Tikka for finding a way to save a little money in a way that doesn't have an effect on quality. __________________ "If you're still doing things the same way you were doing them 10 years ago, you're doing it wrong" Winston Churchill

June 11, 2018, 07:40 AM	#4
MTT TL Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 2009 Location: Quadling Country Posts: 2,780	If they were in the chamber that would be something. A gout of flame shooting out the top, doubtful any scope screw could hold it without becoming a missile. __________________ Thus a man should endeavor to reach this high place of courage with all his heart, and, so trying, never be backward in war.

June 11, 2018, 09:22 AM	#5
hooligan1 Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2010 Location: Independence Missouri Posts: 4,586	My buddy has the T3 Lite, and his was same way, we popped them out and proceeded mounting a new Vortex Viper, 2.5-10×44. Couldn't remember anything remarkable about it. __________________ Keep your Axe sharp and your powder dry.

June 11, 2018, 06:27 PM	#11
Bottom Gun Senior Member Join Date: October 13, 1998 Location: Arizona Territory Posts: 1,092	It was no big deal for me since I would have used different rings anyway. I bought a set of Leupold standard bases and rings for this one. For centerfire rifles, I prefer bases that screw mount rather than rings that clamp to a rimfire type rail. __________________ NRA Life Member Mechanical engineers have their moments.

June 11, 2018, 04:05 AM	#2
Mobuck Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2010 Posts: 6,846	"need to be punched in and land in the action or throat." If your Tikka has a through hole into the "throat", you have far worse problems than plastic filler screws.

June 11, 2018, 09:34 AM	#6
Elkins45 Senior Member Join Date: February 24, 2010 Posts: 498	First world problems

June 11, 2018, 11:21 AM	#7
Rifletom Senior Member Join Date: February 11, 2011 Location: So-Cal Posts: 789	Mobuck answered that before I could stop laughing. Holy cow!

June 11, 2018, 05:15 PM	#8
fourbore Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2015 Location: new england Posts: 1,159	I though these rilfes came with rings. Is there something wrong with those?

June 11, 2018, 06:10 PM	#10
fourbore Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2015 Location: new england Posts: 1,159	Yea. Figures..... http://www.rokslide.com/forums/firea...ope-rings.html The free rings are a thing of the past. The American consumer hates to get free rings, when the alternative is too mount a pitti-cannary rail and six screw rings with a 50mm scope. The online Tikka catalog only shows the gastly optilock setup. Warne looks ok.

June 11, 2018, 06:32 PM	#12
precision_shooter Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 2,475	Hmm, mine came with a base installed, without plastic screws/plugs. __________________ "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson, 1776

June 12, 2018, 12:29 AM	#13
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	Poor guy. I think you scared him away. But if not, I am willing to offer myself as the recipient of said defective Tikka rifle at no charge. It's just hte way I am. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

June 12, 2018, 07:49 AM	#14
fourbore Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2015 Location: new england Posts: 1,159	Well the OP maybe gone, but; here is an atractive Tikka. No screws, no base. UnAmerican perhaps: I have found several sources of real metal bottom metal. Almost plastic free. Just substitute a Leupold and good to go.

June 12, 2018, 08:02 AM	#15
hooligan1 Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2010 Location: Independence Missouri Posts: 4,586	We used a DNZ one piece mount for my friends rifles, worked perfectly. __________________ Keep your Axe sharp and your powder dry.

June 14, 2018, 01:14 PM	#16
Chainsaw. Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2015 Location: Issaquah WA. Its a dry rain. Posts: 1,774	Next you're gonna tell us that rifle gasp!! isnt a .30 caliber! Oh the humanity! Beautiful rifle. Nice wood. __________________ Just shoot the damn thing.

July 3, 2018, 03:28 PM	#17
shurshot Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2006 Posts: 1,819	Nice looking rifle!