How do you remove the sights from a Tikka Ranch Ranahan

[Shizam]

I was deciding between a Tikka Ranahan and a regular T3x and picked the Ranahan because I liked some of the other features it offered and they were similar prices _and_ I had read you could remove the sights. I sat down to remove them today and the rear sight came off easy, the front one I remove the set screw but the rest of it won't come off. If I slap it around a little it wiggles and elsewhere online I read to "heat it up and pull it off" which feels a) like a lot of effort and b) I don't know what that looks like in practice.

Any tips?

 

[Steve300xcw]

Sounds like theres still a screw on there. You did pull two screws outta the front sight?

Thread 'Tikka T3x "Ranahan" Review'

Mar 15, 2025

I recently decided I was going to dip my toes into the Tikka game, after I found the clearance deals on Eurooptic too intriguing to resist. Up to now, I have a bunch of time behind various Mauser military and commercial actions (and derivatives) as well as a couple of custom 700s built on Defiance AnTi actions.

I wanted to start with a .223, since I was a little lacking in that regard. After looking at all the specs of the .223 models available, I decided the "Ranahan" was the one that was the best fit for me. It has iron sights, which I knew I wouldn't need, but also comes with a 20"...

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[Steve300xcw]

Also, you could always get pissed and bust out the gun smithing tools as well..

 

[Shizam]

LOL, which two screws, I only saw the one to the aft of the sight:

 

[Antares]

It's under the blade. You have to drift the blade out first to get at the screw.

 

[Steve300xcw]

No idea. But that link I posted says there are 2 screws.

 

[Shizam]

Alright that was the trick, I had to shimmy off the metal guard to get access to even more shimmying of the front dayglow sight and that revealed the screw.

Thanks all!

 

[Steve300xcw]

Making it a 16" barrel woulda been faster.....