Thread: Tikka T3 Bolt replacement - lost bolt

What's the best trick to stop this happening? Or what's the main cause of it?

Originally Posted by specweapon

What's the best trick to stop this happening? Or what's the main cause of it?

The best trick to stop this happening is clean your rifle then put the bolt back in and don't take the bloody thing out until its time to clean again!
The main cause is people taking bolts out and looseing them.

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So I'd like to know why tikkas are apparently rubbish? Mine seem to do the trick.

I should start fishing on here, the catch rate seems to be really good!
Nothing wrong with Tikkas Turner, they're bloody good rifles!
Haters gonna hate! ;-)

Originally Posted by specweapon

What's the best trick to stop this happening? Or what's the main cause of it?

From the one I played with in the shop it would be the bolt release. With the muzzle up and having the rifle slung on your back it just takes the bolt handle getting snagged to let the bolt drop back and then when the rifle swings against your pack the bolt release gets pressed and the bolt goes south. When I grabbed the one in the shop my thumb bumped the release and the bolt ended up on the counter; put me right off them.

I was going to buy one of these, but when i had a 'play' in the store, i was told they all have the same 'long' action regardless how long your case was....the bolt made a lot of noise when racked and sloppy as...

Id already heard on the forum the story's of 'lost mags in the bush' and bolts.....picked up the Howa, less weight, less price, hinged floor plate, secure nice sliding bolt, and 'magically' my decision was made on the spot!!!!!!!

they still make things dead as, no argument there....pay once cry once....no tears here!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by BRADS

Can't wait two accidentally drive my bulldozer over your tikka

It will make them look nicer at least

Originally Posted by gadgetman

From the one I played with in the shop it would be the bolt release. With the muzzle up and having the rifle slung on your back it just takes the bolt handle getting snagged to let the bolt drop back and then when the rifle swings against your pack the bolt release gets pressed and the bolt goes south. When I grabbed the one in the shop my thumb bumped the release and the bolt ended up on the counter; put me right off them.

One has to ask, why would somebody be carrying it like that in the first place?

Originally Posted by Beavis

One has to ask, why would somebody be carrying it like that in the first place?

I do frequently. The majority of people I've met carry this way.

If it was on the walk into Oamaru, may as well remove the bolt and keep it in your pack

Originally Posted by gadgetman

I do frequently. The majority of people I've met carry this way.

That's probably why there are shit loads of bolt-less rifles

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

22-250, 243, 260, 7mm-08, 308, 338 Fed, 25-06, 6.5x55, 270, 30-06, 8x57, 9.3x62 would all work...

Thanks Kiwi Greg

Thanks rambo-6mm. Much appreciated.

The bolt wasn't in the gun, I had taken it out to walk across Poronui. I never like taking it out for this very reason but I do because they ask you to.
The lost bolt would still be lost regardless of the rifle I was carrying, unless of course its bolt wasn't removable in the first place.

Originally Posted by Beavis

That's probably why there are shit loads of bolt-less rifles

I'll often have a centrefire slung on my back when holding the 22lr in my hands for the rabbits. I tend to have the mag full and the bolt of the centrefire closed and locked down with the safety on on an empty chamber. Quick and easy to grab, unlock and chamber a round. The Savage I settled on locks the bolt handle down and with the safety on the tang pretty much impossible to dislodge. Then to remove the bolt you have to depress a bolt release outside the trigger guard while squeezing the trigger while withdrawing the bolt. I figured that being a clutz like me I needed every advantage I could get to keep everything together.

The extra weight of two rifles helps me walk. There is bugger all of me and the weight helps push my boot cleats into the ground for traction.