Thread: Tikka T3 Bolt replacement - lost bolt

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.

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 gadgetman

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

Garry Sutton a culler in the NW and a mate of Scribe's told us many moons ago it was a classic way of not shooting deer and he shot most of his on the run. Also he never used a sling for the same reason.It also stops you having to worry about the crazy notion of half cock bolt etc nonsense.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu7vySQbgXI

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 ning

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.

That's a real bugger. I'd go for something you can share the bolt with.

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! ;-)

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

Snap GM, my Howa has a double safety, one of them 'locks' the bolt in the down position, impossible to accidently lose the bolt.......them fukin japs think of everything!!!!!!

But that is not how he lost his bolt.
He lost his bolt because he had deliberately taken it out and misplaced it, which is unfortunate but that is what inevitably happens when you separate bolt and rifle.
I am confident any land owner would be perfectly happy with you crossing their land (with permission of course ) with bolt in, empty mag and ammo in pack not on person.
Least I have never had a problem, in fact the only time I have ever been asked to show a hunting permit was by a landowner whos land I wanted to cross.
Of course i had one, be fucked now with the electronic system:rolleyes:

Leave your bolt in or ban all shot guns,semis,levers,pumps and anything else i can't think of.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

But that is not how he lost his bolt.
He lost his bolt because he had deliberately taken it out and misplaced it, which is unfortunate but that is what inevitably happens when you separate bolt and rifle.
I am confident any land owner would be perfectly happy with you crossing their land (with permission of course ) with bolt in, empty mag and ammo in pack not on person.
Least I have never had a problem, in fact the only time I have ever been asked to show a hunting permit was by a landowner whos land I wanted to cross.
Of course i had one, be fucked now with the electronic system:rolleyes:

Leave your bolt in or ban all shot guns,semis,levers,pumps and anything else i can't think of.

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Not hard to print a permit mate

Originally Posted by Gibo

Not hard to print a permit mate

Yea because every hunter who ever lived owns and knows how to work a printer let alone a pc:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yea because every hunter who ever lived owns and knows how to work a printer let alone a pc:rolleyes:

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Its a lot easier than going to the doc office

Originally Posted by Gibo

Its a lot easier than going to the doc office

I have never gone to the doc office, I don't even know where it is.
Used to, ring number in white pages. ask for permit for top of south island. two days later a nice waxed card permit would arrive in the mail. it would last almost a year in my bum bag in the rain and valid for 6 months from memory.
now i have spend hours on docs we hate hunters site to find the hidden permit thing i can't print and it takes me 10 or more trys to do the stupid text thing.

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