Will Tikka come out with a 6 CM soon???

[dreamingWest]

You’ve already ordered one? As in he got some in and one is headed your way? I’m on his list to contact but I hadn’t heard anything on the model I’m waiting for yet.

Yeah I did. I don't think its headed my way yet though. It was a blued lite.

 

[MoxieOutfitters]

They do exist… Got it faster than I thought I would. Don’t even have dies for it yet.

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Yep. Mine just arrived today. I'll have it in hand after the waiting period!!!!!!!!

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Why wait for ages,just buy a barrel and throw together what you want.

That’s really the ONLY way to go. Wait forever to get a non-stainless, Non-threaded rifle with a 22.4” barrel which you have to send off and spend hundreds of dollars to get cut, threaded and coated so it’s close to what you want…..

Or, just get a used stainless tikka and rebarrel it white exactly what you want.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Yeah I did. I don't think its headed my way yet though. It was a blued lite.

Guys must be getting desperate if they are spending money on on stainless tikkas. The blued ones I’ve seen rust if you even think about moisture.

 

[Robobiss]

Guys must be getting desperate if they are spending money on on stainless tikkas. The blued ones I’ve seen rust if you even think about moisture.

It’s funny that you say that, because I have 2 blued ones that have been thrashed in all conditions, hardly ever cleaned or wiped down in rain, snow, in and out of canoes and kayaks (fresh water though) without a hint of any rust on them.

My good friend has a stainless one that is covered in tiny little rust specks and has been undoubtedly used “nicer”.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

It’s funny that you say that, because I have 2 blued ones that have been thrashed in all conditions, hardly ever cleaned or wiped down in rain, snow, in and out of canoes and kayaks (fresh water though) without a hint of any rust on them.

My good friend has a stainless one that is covered in tiny little rust specks and has been undoubtedly used “nicer”.

Yeah even the stainless ones rust. The blued one I had was all pitted and would get surface rust if I left it sitting for a few weeks.

 

[dreamingWest]

Not really desperate. I want a classic blued walnut stock 6 Creedmoor. Guys have different tastes. If I was desperate I would've rebarrelled years ago.

And no. My blued Tikka .223 looks great with no rust after multiple years of hunting in Texas, Kansas, and Arizona. I'm not in Alaska.

 

[AK_cowboy]

You’ve already ordered one? As in he got some in and one is headed your way? I’m on his list to contact but I hadn’t heard anything on the model I’m waiting for yet.

I’ve already bought one from @EuroOptic he said they are about a month out hopefully; sooner

 

[wind gypsy]

It’s funny that you say that, because I have 2 blued ones that have been thrashed in all conditions, hardly ever cleaned or wiped down in rain, snow, in and out of canoes and kayaks (fresh water though) without a hint of any rust on them.

My good friend has a stainless one that is covered in tiny little rust specks and has been undoubtedly used “nicer”.

Shot in the rain in the morning, by early afternoon it looked like this:

 

[Halligan]

Yeesh, I’ve heard they can be bad, but definitely solidifies buying a stainless

 

[Coopsdaddy]

All mine are going to be nitrided actions.
Except my t1x as I never plan to replace the barrel I’ll just rattle can it.

 

[Robobiss]

Shot in the rain in the morning, by early afternoon it looked like this:

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That’s CRAZY.

Never have I ever. Maybe I’m lucky or the skimcoats of oil here and there have worked on my favor.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Shot in the rain in the morning, by early afternoon it looked like this:

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Yeah that’s bad and pretty typical of blued tikkas at least in my experience.

 

[adowney15]

I have honestly never heard of this issue (head in the sand I guess) my blued tikka action and stainless bolt have been in rain, wet snow, covered in snow and placed directly into a hot tent where it melted and never cleaned in 4 years without a speck of rust. Same with my 223. I guess I got good ones, or you guys got bad ones .

 

[atmat]

It really seems like there’s wide inconsistency in the blued qualify based on what folks are seeing.

My blued Tikka 22 is totally fine after a couple years. I’ve owned several stainless Tikka’s that have all been fine as well.

 

[nm.otter]

It's not immediately apparent where the rusters are happening, but most of the non-rusters seem to be located out west. We have a fair amount of 100+ year-old railroad and mining leftovers here that look like they're good for another 200+.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

It really seems like there’s wide inconsistency in the blued qualify based on what folks are seeing.

My blued Tikka 22 is totally fine after a couple years. I’ve owned several stainless Tikka’s that have all been fine as well.

I took my t1x along on a hunt once in case we saw ptsrmigan, granted this was along the coast but that t1x was covered in surface rust the first morning when I got up. I always bring a rem oil wipe just for that but o only had one and didn’t want to use it the first of 4-5 days so I waited until the last day, it did wipe off but it was obvious that if it was left another week or so it would have been really bad.

I’ve seen some blued t3x rifles that were basically ruined after a few seasons of use in SE Alaska.

It probably dosent matter in the high desert, we have dozens of wood stocked blued rifles that are just fine although I had an 870 that even rusted in Arizona.

 

[nm.otter]

Chlorides kill.

 

[Sundodger]

I am surprised anyone thinks blued steel offers much corrosion protection at all, but then I remember all the dry places one can live in this country.

 

[ArmedInMD]

I am surprised anyone thinks blued steel offers much corrosion protection at all, but then I remember all the dry places one can live in this country.

I'm thinking that I have gotten lucky. At this point most of my rifles have been blued and I have never had an issue with corrosion including my crop damage rifle that had never been cared for gently. When I took it out the stock to send it in to be threaded there was a small line near the stock.
The picture of the Blued action after a few hours is really surprising to me, I would have been shocked to find my rifle like that.