Tapco has strippers (54R)

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i have the feeling it my just be a stock photo. i also ordered some last year ( october-ish) and they were indeed tikkas. the listing for strippers disapeared from the tapco website, and now its back. i was just wondering if anyone had ordered any recent, suspecting they are new batch and if they were any good
 
I see. Well it's a gamble. I got some really horrible ones from them a few years back. Whatever you do, if you call them don't let them know the true value of the Tikkas :D
 
Just placed my order

I just ordered 6 sets. I figure anything is better than what I already have. I'll let you know what they are when they arrive.
 
Are the Tikkas any good.

I have a crapload of the cheap, US clips that are crap and 2 good Russian made ones that work very well.
 
The Tikkas are great, but you have to use them properly:

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I've used this method for awhile now, and provided your magazine springs are nice and tight it will load without rimlock.
 
You were hoping for a real stripper who had a measurement of "54R"? I don't know what that would equate to in women's clothing, but the images are a little scary.
 
Bazookas!

The cheap stripper clips for the MN TAPCO sold earlier were actually based from an SVT40 stripper clip, and worked very poorly on Mosin 3 line rifles.
 
Silly question - maybe.

Once you have the rims overlapping in the same direction, does it matter shich way you insert them into the magazine? This would probably be obvious if I tried it but I'm ordering ammo and clips for mine as soon as I finish typing this.

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Ok, now that I took a closer look at the pictures I see that it is obvious which way it should go in from looking at the lifted round. The bottom of that round would have to be overlapping the round below it or that wouldn't work. 'scuse me. :banghead:
 
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Once you have the rims overlapping in the same direction, does it matter shich way you insert them into the magazine? This would probably be obvious if I tried it but I'm ordering ammo and clips for mine as soon as I finish typing this.
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Once the rims are overlapping, the rounds will be fixed into a "wing" shape. By "flying into" the magazine with the leading edge first, you ensure that the last round in has no rim blocking it from below. After a few dozen reloads you start to get the hang of it. The advantage of the better clips, like the Tikkas, is that they have a means of locking the rounds into shape so they're less likely to shift positions during transit or while charging.

Keep in mind that none of this will prevent recoil rimlock that arises when recoil shifts the rounds in the magazine. The cure for that is fresh magazine springs. I've found a fairly large percentage of Mosins need fresh springs, but they're very easy to find on ebay. Tapco had a sale on assorted parts including springs, but they appear to be sold out now.
 
jedi. those strippers at AIM are new production ones. i have never heard one good thing about reproduction ones

the bend it alsways too shallow to be usefull
 
A battle rifle that requires its' strippers to be loaded in a particular way invites them to be inserted improperly in the heat of battle.

A properly operating MN or Enfield will feed just fine regardless of how the rounds are loaded into the magazine. We put the Enfields in the mags with the rims _-_-_ and have no problems.

If your MN rimlocks, you have a problem with the cartridge interrupter malfunctioning. It should hold rounds below bolt level until the bolt is fully retracted, which then releases one upward to be fed.

Oh, thanks Hoppy for the heads up at Tapco....ordered some this afternoon. Will report what comes in the mail when they arrive.
 
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Well, I just finished ordering 20 clips from tapco and 20 from aimsurplus, along with other assorted goodies and some ammo. Guess I'll have to try them out and see how they do. Maybe this weekend if the weather warms up and everything is in.
 
A properly operating MN or Enfield will feed just fine regardless of how the rounds are loaded into the magazine.
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I don't know about Enfields, but every Mosin I've owned has been subject to rimlock if improperly loaded. The interrupter/ejector does not cure the problem, it just reduces it. Improperly loaded rounds off a stripper are particularly prone to it.
 
and the strippers are now sold out.

they are described as
These are brand new heat treated spring steel
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i either didnt see the discription or it wasnt there earlier

so i believe they are repro.s
 
Got a note from Tapco that my strippers have shipped so the questions will be answered by weeks end!

And, the subject of properly or improperly loading the clips got me to pondering the situation and I did an experiment. I loaded my 1954 Romanian M-44 with freshly opened Hungarian light ball as 'improperly' as I could...purposely placing the top round behind the rim of the round below in an attempt to induce rimlock.

Short story is the rifle chambered and ejected all easily and very slickly. Not the slightest hint of rimlocking. This rifle is well worn but had been cared for and is SO much smoother and easier working than my friends 'new' Russian 1944 M-44. I believe that his just needs several thousand rounds run through it to smooth it up.

My little experiment statistically means nothing, but IS the reason I believe that a properly made rifle should have no worries about rim locking. It works SO smoothly and effortlessly that it makes me wonder about people having 'problem MN's' that are picky feeders. Maybe all the really nice fresh arsenelled rifles are TOO new, and just need a good thrashing to break them in?

Also, whilst mulling this over, I checked out the bevel on the rim that always made me wonder why it was there. Rimlock Prevention!!! That HAD to be why they bothered to bevel it so it would not catch the rim above during feeding.

Edit: After posting, I had the wonder that maybe the Romanians are different than the Russians, feed wise? We interchanged bolts with no probs and mine still fed MUCH better than the Russkie. Mags and internals look to be the same, but maybe they changed dimensions to make them feed better? Wondering now....
 

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Rimlock may only happen once in a while, but trust me it will happen if you don't guard against it. The features are designed to minimize it, and older rifles with worn springs will suffer from it more. But only the shooter can eliminate it entirely. Loading by hand is the best way to eliminate the possibility. In my tests with Finns and Russians alike, it arises much more frequently using poor quality sheet metal strippers. The Tikka stripper clips have clasps designed to hold the rounds in place and prevent it from happening. Also, tipping the top round up and using it as a ram to charge the magazine will have the natural side-effect of ensuring that its rim is not locked out or slowed down by the rim of the round below it.
 
Yep, the are Tikkas...

Just opened the box and they are Tikkas. Nice. Again, thanks Hoppy590 for the heads up. I have wanted to get some for a while but never seemed to be able to find them. It pays to be a THR member!
 

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Thanks for the heads up. I should be receiving mine any day now. Can't wait to try them out in my M44.
 
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