Thread: Tikka T3 bolts

Originally Posted by GravelBen

I've heard/read more than one account of someone having the rifle on their back with bolt closed, catching the bolt on a branch/pack strap/whatever without noticing and opening it, then accidentally bumping the release on something else and dropping the bolt out.

Of course there are ways of avoiding that situation, but obviously it does happen and they do seem more susceptible to it than most other rifles.
I'm sure someone will pop up soon and tell me that it couldn't possibly be anything to do with the rifle design because Tikkas are perfect in every way and nobody should ever want to buy anything else.

Well I'll be goatfucked. Would never have thought someone could be that unlucky. I just assumed people took them out and forgot where they put them or left them on the roof of the car or something.