Unknown Munitions Tikka Clone action coming soon?

[omicron1792]

That they do well. How does that apply to a system that doesn’t mount the scope on the barrel?

Regardless, the mount system is weaker/less able to handle abuse than correct picatinny.

The question was what way the Blaser mounting system was better. I have also had better success with QD mounts returning to zero than with any of my picatinny rails. I run a ton of thermal and remove scopes often. No system has worked as well as the Blaser system for that for me.

I like all of this btw. I’m a big fan of modular system. Having a rifle receiver perfectly set up to fit me, and rotating the other parts for different calibers, just makes sense to me. It certainly works great with my Blaser.

 

[GoatPackr]

@Formidilosus
Any idea approximately when we will see these ready for the wild?

Have you held one prototype or production model in your hands yet?

 

[eLightfoot]

Dumb question. If going through the process of making a custom/improved tikka action….. why not just make a Sako 90 clone? Just give it a tikka footprint and use tikka trigger. Has integ pic, 3 lug, double plunger ejector, uses 5 round flush magazines. The ability to use those Sako mags would push me to buy one.

 

[eLightfoot]

Dumb question. If going through the process of making a custom/improved tikka action….. why not just make a Sako 90 clone? Just give it a tikka footprint and use tikka trigger. Has integ pic, 3 lug, double plunger ejector, uses 5 round flush magazines. The ability to use those Sako mags would push me to buy one.

They also already make a mini action Sako 90, they just won’t bring it to the States for whatever reason. Clone that damn thing and shut up and take my money.

 

[Huntr]

Count me in as excited to see this new action!

 

[SloppyJ]

As a guy with only 1 tikka in the stable, technically it belongs to my son, I am very interested in this. I feel like the target audience because I have a few "custom" r700 actions with interchangeable bolt heads. That's a feature that made me pick the clone actions over a tikka. $120 for a new bolt head vs $500 for a new tikka bolt.

My next action will be a medium length. If I can get a Tikka based action with an integral Pic rail, nitrided, and an interchangeable bolt head for a competitive price, I'll do that in a heartbeat. Now if it's $1600 and I can pick up another origin for $900, thats a harder sell to be honest. Keep it close to that or under and I think you have something but I see that being hard to accomplish. However, I'd pre-order a left handed mini action right now for a 6arc build. That would be the only quality mini on the market.

To the average buyer, the r700 action will be more desirable so something has to be done to compete with that market due to the decades long marketing and standard that the r700 is. It's going to be a hard paradigm to break and if cost isn't similar to a entry grade clone, I don't see it happening being honest.

This is a great idea and I'm not sure why everyone's bitching about it. For God's sake, this is the place that literally blew tikkas up.

This is how progress is made in the industry, by trying new things and filling gaps in the market. UM has made a name for themselves doing this and they have some cool ass products. No one is perfect but I don't feel like they've really wronged anyone. Mistakes happen and it seems that they're the first to admit to a mistake and put themselves in the customers shoes. However, I'm not waiting on a rokstock either so it's easy to have some grace. As an outsider watching, I knew there would be supply issues but they seem to be transparent with the whole thing. And they have to put up with all of you gossip girls spreading rumors.

I don't even own that many UM products but I do support them when I can. I wish more companies listened to their customers as much as they do and answer the call. Give em a break guys and let's see how it turns out. If they drop a $2k tikka clone action, then you can talk all the shit you want.

 

[WeiserBucks]

This is a great idea and I'm not sure why everyone's bitching about it.

They're bitchin because they don't understand incremental progress. The 1st 700 clone wasn't an ARC Mausingfield. Back then people said "Integral lug? Not worth it". Then they said Integral rails weren't a significant upgrade? Then they said dual ejector wasn't significant. Then they said prefit barrels weren't worth the $$.

Decades later and the 700 clones are far from the original. This Tikka clone is a step forward and provides options that are important to some buyers.

Buy it if it suits your needs, don't buy it if it doesn't.