Tikka

[flyfisher117]

223s can be finicky to feed from any detachable magazine. Not really a Tikka issue. Head over to snipers hide and read countless threads of 223s not feeding from all makes and models of rifles and chassis and stocks and magazines.

 

[atmat]

Thread 'Anybody Else Having Failure to Feed with Tikka mags?'

Feb 15, 2025

Checking to see if this is a known problem with the Rokslide crew, or I've just had some bad luck. I have 3 different 223 4-round mags, one came with the rifle and two were bought independently of one another (MidwayUSA and somewhere else.) All Tikka factory, all bought in 2024.

It happens when the action is cycled and the next round needs to be pushed up for the bolt to catch the rim. They get "stuck" and don't lift. So it's not a factor of the mags not being seated, or that the rifle is in a Rokstok. I've watched the round in the action eventually rise after a delay, otherwise...

• Kenny Hart
• Replies: 54
• Forum: Firearms

Thread 'Tikka 223 magazine feeding issues'

May 18, 2023

I have a MT 223 4rd magazine and a tikka plastic 6rd magazine and both occasionally fail to feed in my t3x. Any fixes? I've heard Waters magazines are the answer. How do I buy one of those? I am planning on shooting a NRL Hunter match or two in the near future with my rokslide special.

• Jimbee
• Replies: 89
• Forum: Firearms

Yes. Those are all 223 failures, which everyone in this thread has agreed with.

The point stands that while the 223 mags have problems, the other mags are really good.

 

[nm.otter]

I am gobsmacked by the sheer number of FTFs I see in online videos of LR shooting -- most of that being $$$ boutique actions.

Tikkas just don't do that in any measurable fraction.

 

[khuber84]

Coming onto Rokslide and asking why Tikka VS brand X, is like going onto toyotalovers.com and asking if the tundra is better than a Silverado.

Here's my observations, I've owed 1 to several tikkas since 2004, and lots of the others.

The Tikka is a solid platform. They are just now finally coming around in getting adequate(but not quite optimal) twist rates, just added prc, still missing 6cm from the lineup. Stocks are cheap, mags are cheap, barrels are SLOW(generally accurate tho). The metal work on a Tikka is quality(action trigger barrel) but it's a 70° lift with 180° opposing lugs so you're only gonna get 77% of the lug engagement of a 90° action. Tikkas don't handle psi like a rem700.

Tikkas are "arctic approved" because if you leave them out packed into a snowbank overnight, it'll likely be the only on to go bang that morning compared to all your buddy's non tikkas you made snow men out of.

If you don't plan to store your damp rifle in a freezer or snowbank overnight, this may never be an issue tho.

I own tikkas! Yes 4 of em currentlyk. Prob getting a 223 ctr too. But I also own many 700 clones that allegedly have regualry trigger failures, accidental discharges, DNF, FTF, all these other "unacceptable shortcomings". However I've personally experienced none of those(few feeding issues, but I've saw/jad tikkas mis-feed too) in like 20k rounds over last 15 years majority of that in the last 5 years. Ive shot 40+ rifle matches in last 5 years with hundreds of competitors, I've personally witnessed way more scope failures than rem700 clone actions/triggers(2). The highest count of non-scope problems I've saw are case head seperstions, and trying to get the upper half the case out the chamber.

Is a Tikka action/trigger more reliable than a rem700 in all conditions, normal to extreme? Yes. Does that make it better? Depends on the owner to decide that.

Just my 2¢.......

 

[Ralphie]

Yes. Those are all 223 failures, which everyone in this thread has agreed with.

The point stands that while the 223 mags have problems, the other mags are really good.

I quoted your post when responding but another member said they’d seen no problems with oem mags. Perhaps they too meant non 223s.

The rss seems to be a 223 so it seems like a legitimate point.

My own experience does not agree with standard and mag tikkas not having issues.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

Thread 'Anybody Else Having Failure to Feed with Tikka mags?'

Feb 15, 2025

Checking to see if this is a known problem with the Rokslide crew, or I've just had some bad luck. I have 3 different 223 4-round mags, one came with the rifle and two were bought independently of one another (MidwayUSA and somewhere else.) All Tikka factory, all bought in 2024.

It happens when the action is cycled and the next round needs to be pushed up for the bolt to catch the rim. They get "stuck" and don't lift. So it's not a factor of the mags not being seated, or that the rifle is in a Rokstok. I've watched the round in the action eventually rise after a delay, otherwise...

• Kenny Hart
• Replies: 54
• Forum: Firearms

Thread 'Tikka 223 magazine feeding issues'

May 18, 2023

I have a MT 223 4rd magazine and a tikka plastic 6rd magazine and both occasionally fail to feed in my t3x. Any fixes? I've heard Waters magazines are the answer. How do I buy one of those? I am planning on shooting a NRL Hunter match or two in the near future with my rokslide special.

• Jimbee
• Replies: 89
• Forum: Firearms

Thanks. I guess I have been lucky with my .223. After hundreds of rounds, I haven’t had a FTF with OEM magazines in either rifle.

The MDT 6.5 CM magazine gave me exactly the same sorts of issues that users in those threads described for their .223 magazines.