Artic rifle maintenance

[CookM]

The Swedes use these,l do too.
Toasty warm,finger hole when the need arises.
Not sure how cold the Swedes get mind you.

 

[HonestJohn]

The Swedes use these,l do too.
Toasty warm,finger hole when the need arises.
Not sure how cold the Swedes get mind you.

Not to be confused with these if the nazis want to inspect you for smuggling your family jewels out of a camp in your anus

 

[Tikkat3rob]

Avoid laminate stocks in sustained sub zero temps

 

[HonestJohn]

Avoid laminate stocks in sustained sub zero temps

Tikka T3x Arctic

Designed for the toughest conditions on the planet

www.sako.global

 

[Tikkat3rob]

Tikka T3x Arctic

Designed for the toughest conditions on the planet

www.sako.global

There is a reason why the Canadians are returning the rifles tikka made for them.
The Tikka T3x Arctic (C-19 rifle) is generally praised for accuracy and reliability but has faced significant issues with its laminated wood stock cracking and peeling, necessitating a 10 million CAD replacement program for the Canadian Rangers. Other reported problems include high cost, significant overall weight, and potential, though rare, feeding issues with the 10-round magazine.
Key Problems with the Tikka T3x Arctic

• Stock Failure (C-19 Ranger Rifle): The laminated stocks have shown poor performance in extreme cold and moisture, with reports of peeling and cracking. This led to a large-scale program to replace them after they failed to withstand arctic conditions.

 

[HonestJohn]

There is a reason why the Canadians are returning the rifles tikka made for them.
The Tikka T3x Arctic (C-19 rifle) is generally praised for accuracy and reliability but has faced significant issues with its laminated wood stock cracking and peeling, necessitating a 10 million CAD replacement program for the Canadian Rangers. Other reported problems include high cost, significant overall weight, and potential, though rare, feeding issues with the 10-round magazine.
Key Problems with the Tikka T3x Arctic

• Stock Failure (C-19 Ranger Rifle): The laminated stocks have shown poor performance in extreme cold and moisture, with reports of peeling and cracking. This led to a large-scale program to replace them after they failed to withstand arctic conditions.

Very interesting! Thanks

I still think they should have gone for a Mauser 98

 

[bluesako]

Is anyone going to initiate spellcheck?!!

I thought it was a new rifle make at first

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me to

 

[suburban bushwacker]

me to

‘too’ #justsaying.

 

[KimE]

The only problems I have had once the extractor froze open on a BLR just tap it and it worked again, once the firing pin striked to soft a degrease worked. One time I held a warm automatic rifle in soft powder snow a lot of pulling the loading handle and digging out snow got it working again, I learnt too keep rifles a bit over the snow all the time. I have a piece of paper ready for then the scope has fogged up (several pieces in different pockets). I often use big mittens and take the one on my triggerhand of just before the shot, mitts keep the hand warmer and I have about 30-60sec before the hand is to cold.

 

[Heym SR20]

There is a reason why the Canadians are returning the rifles tikka made for them.
The Tikka T3x Arctic (C-19 rifle) is generally praised for accuracy and reliability but has faced significant issues with its laminated wood stock cracking and peeling, necessitating a 10 million CAD replacement program for the Canadian Rangers. Other reported problems include high cost, significant overall weight, and potential, though rare, feeding issues with the 10-round magazine.
Key Problems with the Tikka T3x Arctic

• Stock Failure (C-19 Ranger Rifle): The laminated stocks have shown poor performance in extreme cold and moisture, with reports of peeling and cracking. This led to a large-scale program to replace them after they failed to withstand arctic conditions.

Very good reasons why the Arctic Rangers carried the Lee Enfield rifle till very recently, and if they hadn’t retired them, suspect they could have gone on for many many more years.

Lee Enfields might not be the most accurate rifles, nor necessarily the strongest, and the 303 cartridge not the whizziest. But together they just worked and go bang when they are needed.

I can’t help feeling that with its tight tolerances etc, the T3 may struggle to work if it gets full of water and then freezes.

 

[norsk]

I can’t help feeling that with its tight tolerances etc, the T3 may struggle to work if it gets full of water and then freezes.

That event will stop anything.

The Danes used P14s for their arctic patrols,the Norweigans used 98K's,Canadian rangers used No4s because they used to make them in Canada and they once were plentiful.

 

[Skogsmannen]

What kind of Rifle is it?

Basically bolt actions dont need any special treatment....

....Dont over think this

Technically when we go out in Sweden we're not quite Arctic (about an hour in the car and we would be) but it's similar temperature and conditions. on the Moose, it's cold enough that everything's usually frozen hard and is essentially dry - not like here in the uk.