6ARC Tikka

[waspocrew]

First piece of the 6 ARC came in today - new Tikka 223. Will be sending the bolt to Kinport to open soon.

 

[mahonsr]

You do have to fit the interal of the stock inlet to the bottom metal. I used a dremel. A little more involved than I expected but it wasn’t too bad. It’s definitely not a straight drop in. But you also don’t have to change the overall inlet diemensionally externally on the stock if that makes sense. You remove material internally for the the part of the mag well that extends into the stock a little to fit. They have a video that’s does an ok job of showing what you do. And you do have to remove the ribs or the AICs mags themselves wont insert all the way. I’d think it’d probably still work with the original bottom metal but I didn’t try it

Both the 10 rd MDT metal mag and 2 5 round AICs metal mags with the primal 6br adapters worked great this weekend though about 60 combined rds between the 3. No feeding issues and I didn’t have to mess with feed lips etc. solid lock up on mag with no wiggle/clinking sound. So far very pleased - although this was all at the range and not hiking around in the mountains. Here’s a couple pics of the different lengths in the mag. These 108eldm hand loads

 

[bmicek]

I know there’s been a little talk about it already, mostly just a comment here and there. But is there a magazine setup for the factory stock that’s reliable? In particular, just a factory mag that works?

I’ve seen some talk about Waters and them recommending their conversion bottom metal to AICS. If I were to do that though, I’d likely just fork out the money for a new stock.

 

[Mtnmilsurp]

The s marked factory magazine has been working flawlessly for me so far in 6 ARC with factory stock