WHY is a Tikka trigger more reliable than an R700 trigger?

[wind gypsy]

Getting down to an 8 oz trigger pull (like is used in many comp guns) seems to have at least a little correlation with lower reliability in the comp gun triggers.

 

[jpmulk]

I love my tikka. But I watched two tikka rifles fail after half a day hiking in blowing snow. Bull jumped up and both tikkas misfired. One misfired twice.

 

[Marbles]

I love my tikka. But I watched two tikka rifles fail after half a day hiking in blowing snow. Bull jumped up and both tikkas misfired. One misfired twice.

They certainly can fail, but the question is which design is least likely to fail.

You may have already read this, but if not:

Ice/snow comparison between rifles

I have been asked by multiple people to do an ice and snow reliability eval between rifles/actions/triggers. Tthis is not a “test”, it is just a view at what generally happens. Doing a legitimate test requires more rifles and consistent conditions than I have. So… The rifles: 1). Tikka T3...

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[wind gypsy]

I love my tikka. But I watched two tikka rifles fail after half a day hiking in blowing snow. Bull jumped up and both tikkas misfired. One misfired twice.

Curious if you ever degreased the bolts/fire control on them? Not trying to give them a pass for your issue it just reminded me of this.

 

[jpmulk]

Curious if you ever degreased the bolts/fire control on them? Not trying to give them a pass for your issue it just reminded me of this.

This is exactly what I believe the issue was. After that hunt, we both went home and completed this.

Havent had the issue since. But also haven’t been in quite as harsh of conditions as that day since.