Latest Model T1x?

[eamyrick]

My primary rifle is a T3x in 30-06. It’s bedded into a Stocky Sporter. I would love to have a .22 trainer rifle and I have a spare Stocky blew in the safe. I’ve read mixed reviews on the feeding of these rifles but most recently read something that indicated new models didn’t have the issue? Any thoughts?

 

[Tahoe1305]

I’m not sure what “new” is. But I bought a t1x two years ago and haven’t had any feeding issues except 22LR just being a tad more difficult than normal (greasy lead mess, etc).

 

[Castle Rock]

I like tikkas but am totally underwhelmed by my t1x.
Functionally it is good but a CZ is so much nicer.

 

[Coopsdaddy]

I have the og wire version,no complaints.
Waiting on a new chassis for it.

 

[N2TRKYS]

I bought one in 22lr about 3 years ago or so. I’ve never had any issues with it whatsoever, including feeding. I’ve never heard anything about people having feeding problems until this thread. In fact, my t1x was so good, it’s why I bought more Tikka rifles.

 

[atmat]

The T1x is awesome, but the common complaint is feeding with the mags. I’ve had very few issues with it, but I also rack it really hard which I think helps.

 

[wesfromky]

My primary rifle is a T3x in 30-06. It’s bedded into a Stocky Sporter. I would love to have a .22 trainer rifle and I have a spare Stocky blew in the safe. I’ve read mixed reviews on the feeding of these rifles but most recently read something that indicated new models didn’t have the issue? Any thoughts?

Mine is a few years old, and does not like to feed heavier aguila subsonics with a full mag. If I only load 7, it works fine. And, it works fine with all the other ammo I have tried with 10.

 

[Lawnboi]

The mags suck. Other than that they are decent guns. Same trigger and firing process as the T3x so it’s got that going. The mags seem to last 1000ish rounds and just go to crap.

The only difference I know of is in the ejector. Ejector on the newer models is fixed. Iv had and used both styles and they both worked for me.

 

[JRS3]

I just picked up my first Tikka T1X and am pleased with the handling and accuracy. I can see it getting much use in the near future.

I shot it Saturday for the first time and put 130-150 rounds down it. There we no feeding issues but the magazine had difficulty at times accepting the 10th round. Will this get better with more use?

 

[Castle Rock]

You are better off just loading 9, they are pretty fragile

 

[Q_Sertorius]

I just picked up my first Tikka T1X and am pleased with the handling and accuracy. I can see it getting much use in the near future.

I shot it Saturday for the first time and put 130-150 rounds down it. There we no feeding issues but the magazine had difficulty at times accepting the 10th round. Will this get better with more use?

The only time I have had issues with loading is when I get one loaded wrong early on. Mine have worked flawlessly except when I had an early bullet jammed in there funny.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Maybe I got a lemon because I had constant problems with feeding. It would jam the lewd nose into the edge of the feed ramp, there would be a large wedge cutting on the bullet.

It was very accurate and cool that it was a tikka but I had constant issues with mine. For what I paid (gun, rings, scope, extra mags etc) I was unimpressed. Crazy that a 230 dollar Ruger American rimfire is just as accurate and far FAR more reliable since it uses 10/22 magazines.

Mine was the “newer” model. Apparently there’s some tweaks you can make to improve these, one video had a piece of gorilla tape on the back of the magazine that sort of shimmed it up.

My friend has the same issues as I had but says he doesn't because he’s a tikka fan boy, he says his doesn't have any problems but I’ve seen him jacking around with the gun when we’re out ptsrmigan hunting.

Honestly you’d be far better off with a cz if you want a bolt action or some version of a 10/22 or even a Ruger American rimfire.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

The only time I have had issues with loading is when I get one loaded wrong early on. Mine have worked flawlessly except when I had an early bullet jammed in there funny.

How do you load the magazine wrong?

 

[thinhorn_AK]

I just picked up my first Tikka T1X and am pleased with the handling and accuracy. I can see it getting much use in the near future.

I shot it Saturday for the first time and put 130-150 rounds down it. There we no feeding issues but the magazine had difficulty at times accepting the 10th round. Will this get better with more use?

I liked the 5rd flush fit magazines but the problem is that they only hold 5. Of Tikal made that gun in stainless with the ability to use 10/22 magazines (and fixed the feeding issues) it would be amazing.

In my opinion, the magazines are also the downside to CZ rifles. In fact on lots of guns, the magazine is the weak point.
Companies like Glock, Ruger (10/22), tikka (centerfire) figured that part out.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

How do you load the magazine wrong?

Hard to demonstrate, but basically like this:

If you do it just wrong, you get one of the lower cartridges with its rim in front of the rim of the cartridge above it. That makes them pop up and hit the feed ramp.

The cartridges in the magazine have to be stacked like this:

Not like this:

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Hard to demonstrate, but basically like this:

If you do it just wrong, you get one of the lower cartridges with its rim in front of the rim of the cartridge above it. That makes them pop up and hit the feed ramp.

The cartridges in the magazine have to be stacked like this:

Not like this:

That’s interesting, mine would do that sometimes, I’d always be messing around trying to get them “normal” sometimes I’d drop one and it would have the top round hanging out like that.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

That’s interesting, mine would do that sometimes, I’d always be messing around trying to get them “normal” sometimes I’d drop one and it would have the top round hanging out like that.

For me, it only happens if if I am loading the magazine really fast and holding it bullet-side down in front of me. If I make sure each cartridge hits the back of the magazine as I load it, I get flawless performance. In a few thousand rounds, I had one failure to feed, which I traced to that issue. But when I set out to create that issue, I got a failure every time.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

For me, it only happens if if I am loading the magazine really fast and holding it bullet-side down in front of me. If I make sure each cartridge hits the back of the magazine as I load it, I get flawless performance. In a few thousand rounds, I had one failure to feed, which I traced to that issue. But when I set out to create that issue, I got a failure every time.

Interesting, mine had hundreds of failures to feed, I nearly threw it once I was so pissed. We would go ptsrmigan hunting on snow machines and I’d be shooting 1 bird for every 5-6 my buddy was getting with his 10/22 because of me messing with my gun. That’s even when I’d fix the billets so they didn’t stick out of the magazine like that.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Interesting, mine had hundreds of failures to feed, I nearly threw it once I was so pissed. We would go ptsrmigan hunting on snow machines and I’d be shooting 1 bird for every 5-6 my buddy was getting with his 10/22 because of me messing with my gun. That’s even when I’d fix the billets so they didn’t stick out of the magazine like that.

That sounds awful. I can’t blame you at all for disliking the rifle.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

That sounds awful. I can’t blame you at all got disliking the rifle.

Maybe it was a lemon, maybe it was the ammo I was using. Who knows, but it was ridiculous to say the least. I’ve considered getting another one but then I think I should get a cz if looking for another bolt action. I’ve more or less moved over to higher end 10/22 clones at this point though.