tikka half bolt mod.

anyone done this?
got any pics of the mod.
i am trying to get my head around it.
cheers
greg

Duley did a how to on this in his mag a while back

You want to cut your tikka bolt in half?? Seems like a reasonable course of action

Tikka T3 half bolt safety - YouTube

Tikka T3 rifle Half Cock conversion demo bolt handle drop - YouTube


Sorry doesn't really show what he does to it though

why would you want to?ive never understood the appeal. so your creeping through the bush. you think there is a deer close, so the rifle is in a horizontal position anyways so the bolt wont open. if your that close that you think you will need the half cock your hand is most likely around the grip with your thumb on the bolt to slip it down quickly so it wont open it you have to go vertical over a bush or something. just my thoughts. go for it if you want.

Or just use the safety

I generally use a forward but fully open bolt with my hand around the handle,quick easy and silent to close.

Check out SSRNZ, he does the modification.

SHOOTING SYSTEMS RESEARCH NZ Ltd - Work gallery

Half cocks are a hangover from back when safetys were never the most reliable. Rifle manufacturers wouldn't put safetys on their rifles if they didn't work.
Half cocks are also more dangerous as your more likely to knock the bolt closed if you slipped than knocking the safety off. Unless you punched a hole through the bolt so the safety worked too but that's pointless.
If you do want a half cock send the rifle to someone like Hardy Rifle Engineering. Doing it yourself is risky because if done wrong there is still sear engagement.