Tikka M55 deluxe opinions?

[Little 17HMR]

Has anyone had any experiences (good or bad) with a Tikka M55 deluxe (.223) and are willing to share them ?

Cheers

[Rinso]

Mate,

Tikka M55's are a fine old rifle, I had one years ago and should have kept it.

cheers
Rinso

[Ned Kelly]

G'Day all,
yes I concurr, I had a M55 in .222rem, should of kept it and rebarreled to .223 or 6ppc to use all those old ppc cases I wont use in competition for varminting!

Maybe the .223 will end up that way when the barrel give up the ghost!

Cheerio Ned

[aussie]

had one in 22-250 absolute joy to use but sold it like an idiot also had one in .308, again a joy to use but sold that too finance my scuba equipment at the time . heaps better feel than the T3's of today.

[kickinback]

Got one and i love it now it has a new barrel. Do you currently own one? or are you looking at getting one?

[Little 17HMR]

I'm looking at getting one. It has been re-barreled with a stainless barrel in 223. My only reservations is that it was done using a Ruger barrel. Do you think it is still worth it

Cheers

[Ned Kelly]

G'day all,
there was an article last year on rugers hammer forged barrels in Precision Shooting, apparently they are very consistent dimensionally and accurate. But I'd like to hear from others who own rugers.

Either way, the rifle will be a good starting point and I suppose the question is who did the rebarreling, was it a reputable gunsmith? Because a well machined and fitted factory barrel would be preferable to a match grade barrel that was a butcher fit by a backyard operator........

Cheerio Ned

[kurcha]

i like that last phrase ned