I have not read all this thread but an alien would think you were a cross between Mother Teresa and an elephant to weather the genuine kiwi hunters invective.Unbelievable.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisW
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I have not read all this thread but an alien would think you were a cross between Mother Teresa and an elephant to weather the genuine kiwi hunters invective.Unbelievable.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisW
Group sizes and ballistics has nothing to do with why an animal dies when hit by a bullet fired from a tikka.
It's purely the embarrassment that kills.
This thread is like the other forumQuote:
Originally Posted by GravelBen
think too many are going stir crazy in the heat go jump in a river and give your keyboard time to cool off.
This thread cracks me up, it was ment to be about Beretta sales policy but for some reason guys have got their heckles up. I wonder if all the NZ hunting magazines cop a bit of sh#t about all the Tikka photos kills. The Tikka’s now are the Lee Enfield of last century, gets the job done with no fuss. And because there are so many Tikka haters Beretta NZ and the retailers need to drop the price on them:thumbsup:
Just for your interest, one of the first SAKOs ever made.
Tikkakoski started in 1925 a year later
That looks very much like a Mosin.........They are awesome....that could go a long way to explaining the reliability and the volume of them...Quote:
Originally Posted by Marty Henry
Pricing has not yet been announced, however I do know it ;) I saw a number thrown out there in this thread, and it does fall within that range.Quote:
Originally Posted by berg243
It should be public early this week - so just hang in there and you should know soon.
As far as ETA. Current ETA is (you guys are not going to like this). April/May.
Are you aloud to give an approximation on number of units or will that damage FOMO sales?Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisW
Please stick around on the forum....you could come in handy :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisW
This thread is not indicative of the forum in general....ok maybe it is a bit, but you just need to see threw the bulshit and tongue in cheek comments and it is generally a good place to hangout.
As long as that's April /may 2018.... Gives us time to save a few coinsQuote:
Originally Posted by ChrisW
Because there is a huge backlog for production. The whole world wants them. Ours are not scheduled to even be manufactured till March.Quote:
Originally Posted by berg243
Probably should not go into numbers sorry. More will come after the first shipment though - so supply should equalize at some point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nibblet
Wouldn’t it be nice to have the first run production stainless steel model in New Zealand to trail before the rest of the world then I would order one today.
It looks like a mosin and is mostly made of mosin parts buts its a finnish m24 lottas rifle.Quote:
Originally Posted by timattalon
Finland was a reluctant territory of Russia and had no army just a home guard to defend it from the Bolsheviks after the revolution. Captured rifles were all they had.
The homeguard set up machine shops to make good rifles out of spares with barrels bought by the finnish equivalent of the CWI.
SAKO is an abbreviation of Finnish Civil Guard engineering workshops.
Later on they went on to make them from scratch and Tikka started as a barrel maker, and they are way better than the russian made ones.
As an aside in WW2 we were technically at war with Finland as they were at war with our ally the USSR, who incidently had the snot beaten out of them.
27 million Russians dead . . they took a beating . . and smahed the German army all the way back to Berlin
New Tikka rimfire boys!
Beretta employee on thread:thumbsup:
Stay focused!!!
We do have the ideal environment cold/wet/high humidity and hot/dry/dusty/sandy and the very high volume shooters shooting in the field at both static and live targets to thoroughly test a rimfire.....perhaps not the extreme cold but I dunno if there would be a great deal of demand for a 22 to hunt polar bear or penguin.Quote:
Originally Posted by tikka
Think he might be referring to the fact that the Finns gave the Russkis a run for there money ...Quote:
Originally Posted by rossi.45
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Screw all this synthetic stainless talk, the worlds over run with plastic and shiny. Its a rimfire not a drag around the mountain in the rain rifle. Give me a nice deep rich blue and quality piece of walnut any day.
So the GM of Beretta NZ has called me and we had a good chat (I did appologise for the tone of my initial remarks).
He will investigate the specifics and get back to me.
Well done Beretta - That sort of followup with a customer (only a potential one at that) is pretty good.
Be interesting to see where it ends.
For what its worth I think the T1x platform is going to go gangbusters. The fact that it will fit any existing t3x stock means one can keep an eye open for a (used?)wooden stock in the configuration of choice
Squeaky wheel gets the oil :D
Or if deserved (cos it squeaks constantly or just that once to much) A jolly good beating with a mullet :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Or if deserved (cos it squeaks constantly or just that once to much) A jolly good beating with a mullet :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Hi @ChrisW its good to have you on the forum specially with your role on record. I know we wont always get the answers we want to hear and there will be stuff you're not at liberty to say. Im also sure you'll get some good feedback too. But if you're keen there will be plenty of interest in what you have to say, specially perhaps by private messaging.
By the way thanks for sponsoring the hihitahi challenge for several years.
The communication has just been sent, and I am now able to confirm an RRP of $1099nzd for the Tikka T1X :)
We will bring it in with barrel lengths of 16" and 20" for the .22, and 20" for the .17HMR
The thread pitch will be UNF
No left handed though :oh noes:
Not at this stage, no.Quote:
Originally Posted by 223nut
What UNF thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisW
1/2x20?
^correct
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Originally Posted by ChrisW
$1100 for a .22? Be interesting to see the what the NZ market thinks, I'd have thought pricing it under a grand would make it a bit more appealing.
Yes tho fitting all the aftermarket Tikka stocks and chassis out there will be a pretty big carrot for some I am sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by outdoorlad
Probably fuck all. They let full get taken over by Caltex so they're not exactly doing wonders for the consumer by enforcing competition. Or fletcher for that matter. And super markets.Quote:
Originally Posted by StrikerNZ
ahhhh Tikkas in supermarkets? Delicatessen? Fish Dept? or Ladies Lingerie? Maybe with the Cat and Dog food?
You aint got enough hair for a Mullet??:ORLY:Quote:
Originally Posted by Happy
My local won’t supply bretta products ether but that’s his choice not because he can’t get them
And as far as tikka goes
They were a fantastic rifle for the money when they were arround $1100 I think the price has gone up though
I don’t think there’s any other rifle in that price range that can compete with tikka out the box
Sure you can do things to improve other brands but im talking pull it out of the box slap a scope on and go shooting
I have a very early production tikka t3 started life as a 308 but I dislike 308 so had a barrel change 6mmrem
Now transformed into a 260rem still going strong
It does not seem like good business sense to keep an account with such a shop open
Chris I have to say that I find that an odd comment - how much does it cost to keep an account open? I communicate with my customers fairly regularly, it costs very little and often generates return business. I do very little business with some of my wholesaler suppliers but I have never had one say that I should close my account.
Can you please mention to Niccolo that I haven't heard from him, he promised to get back to me.
If someone will not supply your product to the consumer, then why would you keep an account open for them?