Tikka MOA Guarantee

[Ringbill27]

After reading and watching some poor reviews on Tikka 7prc and shooting poorly and the rifles are just and they are traded off. I have questioned.

Has anyone had a tikka that shoots poorly and has sent it in? If so, how was the experience?

 

[Macintosh]

To directly answer your question, no.

But I did have a tikka that did not shoot to my satisfaction. I did not send it in for a couple reasons, the main reason being that a 3-shot 1-moa accuracy guarantee is nothing more than a worthless joke of a marketing gimmick. Simply because a three shot 1 inch group happens every once in a while even with a dud. So by the letter of the guarantee my gun met their accuracy standard, even though I rarely got three shot groups less than an inch and a half. The bell curve is real.
I sold it with disclosure and moved on.

 

[coyotekilla]

My tikka's have been exceptionally accurate. The only person I know that had complained about tikka was our favorite gun tuber from Tennessee. Now my upr hates Remington ammo but so did my savage & my buddies t/c hated it too.

 

[swavescatter]

Factory 7PRC ammo quality and consistency is a huge dumpster fire right now. It seems that most manufacturers are struggling to source powder and this results in wildly varying accuracy. 7PRC is maybe the worst, as it's right up at the edge of pressure (I've blown primers with factory loads). Hornady specifically is all over the place with even 6.5 Creed and 6.5 PRC loads varying by over 200fps lot to lot.

I doubt it's the Tikka.

 

[Zork]

I did send one back to beretta about 5 years ago. They tested it and sent ne a new one after a few weeks.

Edit to add: i hadn't touched the stock on that first one so it's hard to compare to the replacement. It had been shooting 2-3 moa for 3 shot groups with multiple ammos. But when I got the new one I sanded out the barrel channel and replaced the Leopold and Vortex scopes and magically every issue was resolved.

 

[skipper907]

if you read the fine print it is with sako blade ammo they do testing with

 

[schmidty3]

My 300 shot poorly...

Then I swapped stocks, added a can, and started reloading. Pretty sure i just couldn't handle the recoil on such a light gun....and/or the stock was flexing.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

if you read the fine print it is with sako blade ammo they do testing with

Correct. Every single Tikka that is made is shot in an over pressure chamber and then fired for 3 shots at 100 meters with Sako ammo. They are also function checked by a second smith (not the smith who put it together) and this step happens before being shot.

Agree that it’s all basically a “marketing gimmick” across the industry, but at least Sako/Tikka actually somewhat function test and shoot their guns. If you think other manufacturers are doing this you are sadly mistaken.

 

[Ringbill27]

My 300 shot poorly...

Then I swapped stocks, added a can, and started reloading. Pretty sure i just couldn't handle the recoil on such a light gun....and/or the stock was flexing.

I figured the issues with the 7PRCs with consistency issues with factory ammo and these tikkas are pretty light weight for that much cartridge. Even my 30-06 can be a lot to handle. Which I plan to chop and thread for one of my cans.

 

[Steve300xcw]

only rifles I own that have not been bedded or really tweaked with.........No reason to

 

[Randonee]

Yes, I did! It was a 300 WSM, my first Tikka and purchased in 2022. I could only acquire a couple of factory loads then due to the ammo shortage, but both shot 3-6” groups for 3 rounds. I didn’t alter the stock or anything else because I figured that would void the warranty. I called Baretta and they were super easy to work with. They sent me a new rifle two weeks later. The new one shot well right out of the gate. So, there are some bad ones, but that has to be true for anything. Btw, when I received one of my first SWFA scopes, I took it out of the box and turned the elevation turret a few clicks and then the turret immediately came off the scope (SWFA promptly replaced the scope).

What are the chances of experiencing both a new Tikka and new SWFA catastrophic failure?

 

[Formidilosus]

Yes, I did! It was a 300 WSM, my first Tikka and purchased in 2022. I could only acquire a couple of factory loads then due to the ammo shortage, but both shot 3-6” groups for 3 rounds. I didn’t alter the stock or anything else because I figured that would void the warranty. I called Baretta and they were super easy to work with. They sent me a new rifle two weeks later. The new one shot well right out of the gate. So, there are some bad ones, but that has to be true for anything. Btw, when I received one of my first SWFA scopes, I took it out of the box and turned the elevation turret a few clicks and then the turret immediately came off the scope (SWFA promptly replaced the scope).

What are the chances of experiencing both a new Tikka and new SWFA catastrophic failure?

With you!? Pretty good!


How are you btw?

 

[coyotekilla]

My 300 shot poorly...

Then I swapped stocks, added a can, and started reloading. Pretty sure i just couldn't handle the recoil on such a light gun....and/or the stock was flexing.

Changing from stock to chassis really helped my ruger American g2 223. The factory stocks are garbage any more on most of the base models.

 

[Randonee]

With you!? Pretty good!


How are you btw?

Enjoying the dream of good shooting Tikkas. Thanks!