JEBruns
Member
I bought a new Tikka Tact A1 6.5 Creedmoor weekend before last, and have had it out the range 3 times now. Very accurate and I really like the gun overall. But having some issues. The spent shell does not always get extracted. I oiled the extractor, and cleaned the gun before each range trip. But the problem is getting worse. Happens maybe twice in 10 rounds. It will not extract snap caps at all. A mix of factory ammo (Hornady, Aguila, Win), all of which had the issue.
Another issue is a feed issue. The bolt will not go forward to chamber the next round. Happens maybe once or twice per 10 rounds. I'd seen a vid by Sage Dynamics about this. Just reach in the breech, push the shells down in the mag, and it starts working again.
Called Beretta, who owns Tikka, expecting to have to send the rifle in. But they decided to send me a new bolt to see if that fixes the issue. I was surprised they didn't want my old bolt first, a CC#, etc. Pretty happy with the service from Beretta so far.
I'm sure hoping this is the fix. The folks at Bass Pro, where I bought it, said they'd facilitate sending the rifle off to Beretta if need be, but I'm sure hoping I don't need to do that.
Another issue is a feed issue. The bolt will not go forward to chamber the next round. Happens maybe once or twice per 10 rounds. I'd seen a vid by Sage Dynamics about this. Just reach in the breech, push the shells down in the mag, and it starts working again.
Called Beretta, who owns Tikka, expecting to have to send the rifle in. But they decided to send me a new bolt to see if that fixes the issue. I was surprised they didn't want my old bolt first, a CC#, etc. Pretty happy with the service from Beretta so far.
I'm sure hoping this is the fix. The folks at Bass Pro, where I bought it, said they'd facilitate sending the rifle off to Beretta if need be, but I'm sure hoping I don't need to do that.
