A customer tried a cottage industry ammo company, 7-08, 150ttsx if I remember. Blew primers, locked up the action. Fed brass, blue primer paint intact like on fggm. Bullets pulled out with almost finger pressure, compressed load of a ball powder. Im not sure of the powder charge but it looked...
Whenever possible I don’t remove barrels. Everything machined in the same setup. Another thing, factory Tikka barrels are very high quality for a hunting rifle.
It’s nothing really complicated, just machine time and fitting, which isn’t free. you can just as easily use a store bought adapter. The reason its permanent is because the underlying threads are not standard and wouldn’t be useable.
I sent the following to another member in a PM, but it might help others looking to run aics in the factory CTR bottom metal.
The modification is a simple one. the mill cut is to allow room for the pressed catch on the AI mags. if you get the depth correct it also helps keep the mag from going...
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