Thread: New Tikka & Sako

Originally Posted by Nibblet

Little morbid? Got an interest in cannibalism?

No one was hurt.
Just stood there on a lollipop for ages.....now hungry
And I no your mrs would make a mean burger

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Originally Posted by BRADS

And I no your mrs would make a mean burger

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You've seen the results for yourself....

B

I have no photos of the plastic washer or ring used to cam the locking fingers into place , heard that after a few failures they changed the 338LM model to steel , what seems to be the issue was when gas from a blown primer vents back down the firing pin hole and cuts/melts this washer/ring that cams the fingers into place , when that happens , then basically you have a un-locked bolt during the firing phase .

RE : The Accuracy international AW rifle , yes some how a rifle did get assembled with out the breeching/locking insert , and was test fired , opps , but due to the design of the bolt handle slot , the bolt held in place and did not bite the user , so yeap thats happened .

Swazi man , use to use Blaser rifles a lot , until his 300Weatherby mag rifle blew the barrel .

The Aussie Army is one of the few Armies that use the Blaser R93 in 338LM , they did a emergency type buy , and did not do a full trial , a year ago they had some problems with the Blasers , not sure what they where , maybe safety mech problems like what the Brits had or worse .

All this is second hand info & was not personally witnessed by me , so maybe none of ever happened .

The only photo I have seen of a Accuracy International rifle with a blown barrel , was a AW50F , ie the big 50 BMG bolt action rifle , do a search its a good photo , barrel is split really good , looks like the barrel steel gave away , and it did , but not due to poor grade steel or manufacture , the bolt held and the firer did not have the bolt move back . AI did tests and found out , that the rifle had been fired and then cleaned and then fired again .
They were using exposive ammo , and a patch had been left in the barrel ( so the barrel was blocked ) and then fired with that ammo , so operator error , not a faulty rifle .

You should write fiction or sell ammo full time.

The ammo you provide is fcuken cheap.

And you tell a good story.😆

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Originally Posted by R93

You should write fiction or sell ammo full time.

The ammo you provide is fcuken cheap.

And you tell a good story.

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Mate sell your 93 and buy a great big Accuracy International cause they are cool


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Originally Posted by BRADS

Mate sell your 93 and buy a great big Accuracy International cause they are cool


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TAC-T-COOL

It will be interesting to see what comes out , me , I would like them to re-make the P94S again , but somehow I doubt thats going to happen .

I have fired thousands of rounds thru one Brads.
While accurate, it was the most cumbersome piece of shit you could use in a green role environment.
It raised your profile by design, was longer than most artillery, it weighed a ton and caught up on everything in existence because of all its box edges.

My 93 and a bag of washers runs rings around one in all those departments and is every bit if not more accurate.

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Originally Posted by R93

While accurate, it was the most cumbersome piece of shit you could use in a green role environment.
It raised your profile by design, was longer than most artillery, it weighed a ton and caught up on everything in existence because of all its box edges.

My father said almost exactly the same thing about them... in fact he says that about a lot of the new sniper rifles and how he would hate to have to crawl through a stalk with one because of their weight and how they would get caught up on things. Hawkins seems to be a much less utilised shooting position these days...

Superbly accurate though.

I suspect ChrisF's rebuttal will be good


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Originally Posted by BRADS

I suspect ChrisF's rebuttal will be good


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None are as blind as those who will not see...( I borrowed that off the internet )

B

Good as in funny

I think your old man is still the only non infantry or SF person to pass the unit course on record, let alone top it.
It took me more than one go because my observation and navigation was shit.

Ask him what he shot on his initial badge test.


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Tikka has stopped producing the t3

Geez @Tussock have you reined that horse in yet