Recently I purchased a stainless varmit in 7mm rem mag, below is my subjective review.
I got my new tikkia a couple days ago, and to tell you the truth I'm not all that impressed with it. Now I'm not a gun expert my any means, so take what you will from this review. But I feel that I could have spent as much, and perhaps less to get a better rifle then the Tikkia I have.
-The stock I'm less then impressed by the stock. In my hands and on my shoulders it feels cheap. The lines from the injection molding are plain as day and quiet sharp. The checkering (if thats what you call it) doesn't provide a good grip at all, and is more cosmetic then anything. It touches the barrel in places where it shouldn't so out come the sand paper.
-The action.. Grrr.... While opperating the bolt is smooth, its also feels lightweight and well frankly cheap. I know this is subjective, but it doesn't feel right moving the bolt back and forth. Not to mention that there is a lot of rattle, or free play. I own and have used other guns that have a bolt throw as smooth as a tikka, yet they all feel better to opperate. The tikka feels like a toy.
-The recoil lug, or lack of. Good rifles have recoil lugs, cheap rifles have washers in the stock and a slot cut out of the action. Guess what the tikka employs. As I have said before, I'm not a gun expert, and I don't know what differance this really makes, but when I look at it, it screams sub-par.
-The mag. I have seen plastic mags before, own a couple rifles with them. The tikka on the other hand takes cheaply produced POS to another level.
-The rings. I didn't notice at the time of purchase but my gun was missing them. Called the gun store and they said its Tikka's problem, so I called them and they said its the gun store problem. Either way no one wanted to give me a set of rings so it turned into my $50 problem. This isn't really a knock on Tikka as this can, and has happened with any other company, but annoying to say the least.
_The hockey puck on the but AKA the recoil pad. First off it doesn't fit the stock at all, not even close. Second its a 7mm rem mag, yet the recoil pad I'm sure, is made of the same type of plastic they make hockey pucks out of. The first thing I did was buy an after market that not only fit the stock better but works a zillion times better.
-Tje ejection port is so short and small that single loading at live round is problematic. Also when ejecting a live round it tends to get caught and fall back down ontop of the mag. Emptys eject smartly however.
-Plastic trigger guard. Look I take care of my guns, and I don't throw them around. But I'm sure that in the -30 temps I hunt in, in Canada, I'm going to break that trigger guard. If you have never tried to carry or hunt with a rifle without a trigger guard you have no idea how important that part is. I would rather throw away the mag then break the trigger guard, yet they make this out of plastic. GRRRRRR....
I got my new tikkia a couple days ago, and to tell you the truth I'm not all that impressed with it. Now I'm not a gun expert my any means, so take what you will from this review. But I feel that I could have spent as much, and perhaps less to get a better rifle then the Tikkia I have.
-The stock I'm less then impressed by the stock. In my hands and on my shoulders it feels cheap. The lines from the injection molding are plain as day and quiet sharp. The checkering (if thats what you call it) doesn't provide a good grip at all, and is more cosmetic then anything. It touches the barrel in places where it shouldn't so out come the sand paper.
-The action.. Grrr.... While opperating the bolt is smooth, its also feels lightweight and well frankly cheap. I know this is subjective, but it doesn't feel right moving the bolt back and forth. Not to mention that there is a lot of rattle, or free play. I own and have used other guns that have a bolt throw as smooth as a tikka, yet they all feel better to opperate. The tikka feels like a toy.
-The recoil lug, or lack of. Good rifles have recoil lugs, cheap rifles have washers in the stock and a slot cut out of the action. Guess what the tikka employs. As I have said before, I'm not a gun expert, and I don't know what differance this really makes, but when I look at it, it screams sub-par.
-The mag. I have seen plastic mags before, own a couple rifles with them. The tikka on the other hand takes cheaply produced POS to another level.
-The rings. I didn't notice at the time of purchase but my gun was missing them. Called the gun store and they said its Tikka's problem, so I called them and they said its the gun store problem. Either way no one wanted to give me a set of rings so it turned into my $50 problem. This isn't really a knock on Tikka as this can, and has happened with any other company, but annoying to say the least.
_The hockey puck on the but AKA the recoil pad. First off it doesn't fit the stock at all, not even close. Second its a 7mm rem mag, yet the recoil pad I'm sure, is made of the same type of plastic they make hockey pucks out of. The first thing I did was buy an after market that not only fit the stock better but works a zillion times better.
-Tje ejection port is so short and small that single loading at live round is problematic. Also when ejecting a live round it tends to get caught and fall back down ontop of the mag. Emptys eject smartly however.
-Plastic trigger guard. Look I take care of my guns, and I don't throw them around. But I'm sure that in the -30 temps I hunt in, in Canada, I'm going to break that trigger guard. If you have never tried to carry or hunt with a rifle without a trigger guard you have no idea how important that part is. I would rather throw away the mag then break the trigger guard, yet they make this out of plastic. GRRRRRR....
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