tikka bolt faces

[walkingduckwaterfowl]

Does anyone know of a resource or chart that shows which bolt face tikka is using in each chambering of their factory rifles and which cartridges are compatible with that bolt face?

I am looking into buying a cheap tikka somewhere just for the action but want to know which chamberings I should be looking at to ensure compatibility with my build plan.

 

[The Harbor Master]

Not specific to Tikka, but I have used this post in the past and found it to be accurate:

Bolt face diameter and calibers - for easy barrel swaps

Found this elsewhere and from looking at my shell holder reference chart it appears to be correct. Only difference is the shell holder chart doesn't state long or short action. Bolt face diameters cheat sheet Short actions with a bolt face .Dia of .384 +/- 17 Remington 204 Ruger 222 Remington...

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I've read before Tikka uses 3 bolt faces: .384, .473, and .540. I did a quick search but didn't see a Tikka specific list of calibers that correlate with those sizes but hopefully that gets you closer to what you're trying to do.

 

[walkingduckwaterfowl]

Not specific to Tikka, but I have used this post in the past and found it to be accurate:

Bolt face diameter and calibers - for easy barrel swaps

Found this elsewhere and from looking at my shell holder reference chart it appears to be correct. Only difference is the shell holder chart doesn't state long or short action. Bolt face diameters cheat sheet Short actions with a bolt face .Dia of .384 +/- 17 Remington 204 Ruger 222 Remington...

www.theoutdoorstrader.com

I've read before Tikka uses 3 bolt faces: .384, .473, and .540. I did a quick search but didn't see a Tikka specific list of calibers that correlate with those sizes but hopefully that gets you closer to what you're trying to do.

very helpful, thank you

 

[bojangles808]

Does anyone know of a resource or chart that shows which bolt face tikka is using in each chambering of their factory rifles and which cartridges are compatible with that bolt face?

I am looking into buying a cheap tikka somewhere just for the action but want to know which chamberings I should be looking at to ensure compatibility with my build plan.

what are you trying gto build ? 6cm? you want
standard .470+/- bolt face can be found in

• Caliber: .22-250 Rem,.243 Win,.260 Rem,7mm-08 Rem,.308 Win,7.62x51mm

magnum bolt face (wanna build 7prc?) is found in

• Caliber: 7mm Rem Mag,.300 Win Mag,.338 Win Mag

 

[HandgunHTR]

Does anyone know of a resource or chart that shows which bolt face tikka is using in each chambering of their factory rifles and which cartridges are compatible with that bolt face?

I am looking into buying a cheap tikka somewhere just for the action but want to know which chamberings I should be looking at to ensure compatibility with my build plan.

The easiest thing to do would be to tell us what you plan to build and then we can recommend which Tikka to buy for the build.

 

[walkingduckwaterfowl]

6arc would be the dream.....in my continued research I am finding that is not the easiest ask and not just because of the bolt face. May go with 6 creed to make life simple. Thanks everyone for weighing in some great information here.

 

[waspocrew]

6arc would be the dream.....in my continued research I am finding that is not the easiest ask and not just because of the bolt face. May go with 6 creed to make life simple. Thanks everyone for weighing in some great information here.

6 ARC is fine. You’ll need to buy a 223 and have a smith open up the bolt face to accommodate.

A 6 ARC Tikka would be awesome. I like my Howa mini but the action is not “Tikka smooth”.

 

[walkingduckwaterfowl]

6 ARC is fine. You’ll need to buy a 223 and have a smith open up the bolt face to accommodate.

A 6 ARC Tikka would be awesome. I like my Howa mini but the action is not “Tikka smooth”.

Would a tikka in .350 legend have the same bolt as the .223?

I read on another post where guys were having issues with 6ARC feeding properly in their tikka builds...sounded like hard to find the perfect magazine to do it

 

[waspocrew]

Would a tikka in .350 legend have the same bolt as the .223?

I read on another post where guys were having issues with 6ARC feeding properly in their tikka builds...sounded like hard to find the perfect magazine to do it

Yep, 350 Legend is the same bolt face as 223.

I can’t comment on which Tikka mags would work best, but you could always go with a bottom metal that accepts AICS magazines and use an MDT 6 ARC mag.

 

[Antares]

That’s the rub right there, you want a cartridge that Tikka doesn’t have a bolt for.

The 6 ARC uses a .445/Russian bolt face. You can either have someone open up a .223 bolt or bush a standard bolt, but nothing is going to work “out of the box.”

If someone made an aftermarket Tikka bolt with a native Russian bolt face Id be pretty excited. I’ve wanted a 6 ARC Tikka since the cartridge was introduced.

 

[walkingduckwaterfowl]

Thanks for the info. I will start looking at gunsmiths who are interested in the project and see how it goes

 

[Moose83]

I believe PRPrecision in Canada has a PPC sized aftermarket bolt body. If I remember correctly the website said they do ship internationally.