Thread: Tikka T3 Bolt replacement - lost bolt

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?