I’ve built alot of different custom and semi-custom rifles over the years. Mostly with Rem 700 actions but also several with Rem 700 style custom actions sharing the same footprint.
While I’ve been happy with most of those builds I’m to that age where I want to consolidate rifles and chamberings down to just a few that cover all the hunting I’m likely to do for the rest of my life.
Seriously sick of looking for components for cartridges that filled some “niche” I thought I needed. Get even more sick when I start organizing stuff and find all the ten to twenty year old reloading components that I tried but didn’t pan out for some obscure cartridge that I just had to play with. Wasted money $$…
I’d like to pare things down to three or four chamberings on one or two platforms. Maybe three including a rimfire for basic training and plinking/small game, but we can talk about that later.
This means one or two actions, scopes and stocks, set up for 3-4 chamberings using prefit barrels.
I’ve read here a lot about how popular Tikka's are yet I know little about them. Just never really been on my radar, though I’ve always been a Sako fan.
Knowing next to nothing about them, other than fondling them at Scheels today, it appears that no matter the chambering, the action lengths are all the same. Is this correct? If so, can I buy one barreled action and buy different bolts for different head sizes and still maintain headspace for pre-fit barrels?
Or, will I have to buy different barreled actions to get the head size I want to run?
Additionally, the magazines appear to all be plastic and possibly limited on space for a few of the chambers I have in mind?
I’ve gleaned by lurking here that there are aftermarket mag options but what they are is a mystery to me because I’ve never really retained much Tikka info. They just haven’t ever been on my radar ‘till now.
I’ve reached that age where utility and convenience is much more important to me than having the latest coolest stuff. I want to spend more money on hunting trips and less on builds and experiments.
Hence my curiosity for Tikka actions, pre-fit barrels chambered for well supported factory cartridges is where I’m headed, I think.
So, with all that said, let’s talk Tikka actions, pre-fits, magazines and a minimum amount chamberings that will get the job done from brown bears down to coyotes……We’ll leave the rimfire trainer/small game rifle out for now.
While I’ve been happy with most of those builds I’m to that age where I want to consolidate rifles and chamberings down to just a few that cover all the hunting I’m likely to do for the rest of my life.
Seriously sick of looking for components for cartridges that filled some “niche” I thought I needed. Get even more sick when I start organizing stuff and find all the ten to twenty year old reloading components that I tried but didn’t pan out for some obscure cartridge that I just had to play with. Wasted money $$…
I’d like to pare things down to three or four chamberings on one or two platforms. Maybe three including a rimfire for basic training and plinking/small game, but we can talk about that later.
This means one or two actions, scopes and stocks, set up for 3-4 chamberings using prefit barrels.
I’ve read here a lot about how popular Tikka's are yet I know little about them. Just never really been on my radar, though I’ve always been a Sako fan.
Knowing next to nothing about them, other than fondling them at Scheels today, it appears that no matter the chambering, the action lengths are all the same. Is this correct? If so, can I buy one barreled action and buy different bolts for different head sizes and still maintain headspace for pre-fit barrels?
Or, will I have to buy different barreled actions to get the head size I want to run?
Additionally, the magazines appear to all be plastic and possibly limited on space for a few of the chambers I have in mind?
I’ve gleaned by lurking here that there are aftermarket mag options but what they are is a mystery to me because I’ve never really retained much Tikka info. They just haven’t ever been on my radar ‘till now.
I’ve reached that age where utility and convenience is much more important to me than having the latest coolest stuff. I want to spend more money on hunting trips and less on builds and experiments.
Hence my curiosity for Tikka actions, pre-fit barrels chambered for well supported factory cartridges is where I’m headed, I think.
So, with all that said, let’s talk Tikka actions, pre-fits, magazines and a minimum amount chamberings that will get the job done from brown bears down to coyotes……We’ll leave the rimfire trainer/small game rifle out for now.