Anybody Else Having FTF with Tikka mags?

[Kenny Hart]

Checking to see if this is a known problem with the Rokslide crew, or I've just had some bad luck. I have 3 different 223 4-round mags, one came with the rifle and two were bought independently of one another (MidwayUSA and somewhere else.) All Tikka factory, all bought in 2024.

It happens when the action is cycled and the next round needs to be pushed up for the bolt to catch the rim. They get "stuck" and don't lift. So it's not a factor of the mags not being seated, or that the rifle is in a Rokstok. I've watched the round in the action eventually rise after a delay, otherwise pressing down on them allows the rounds to "spring" back up into position.

I've confirmed it happens on 2 of my 3 mags pretty regularly, and will be extensively testing my 3rd one. I didn't have this happen to my recollection when I bought my rifle throughout the summer when I only had one mag, so I'm not sure the one that came with the rifle is malfunctioning.

The rifle itself has been excellent and the Rokstok is . I shot the crap out of it last summer and into the fall without issue, so I've reached out to Tikka and Beretta early this week but haven't received a response yet. Anyone else see this happening?

 

[SamsonMan22]

All of my 4 rounders are mostly reliable after stretching the springs but some still are not quite 100%. I have 4 of the steel lipped tikka factory mags and those have all been 100% with no spring work. I have three of the factory 6 rounders two that have never fed 100%, and somehow I managed to get another that actually works….so far.

The factory 223 mags have been nowhere near as reliable as the 308 mags for me, I don’t love them and only use my factory 223 mags for practice work now except for the steel lipped ones. I have gone to waters for my main hunting mags as they have all been 100% with quite a bit of use.

You can try stretching your springs some but even then the mags seem to wear and warp over time and don’t feed right anymore. On my 6 rounders in particular the feed lips spread apart and let the nose of the rounds stick up and the bolt can’t grab the case head on the way by.