tikka lsa 65 ?

[alvavax]

Hi All,

I recently inherited my grandfathers 30-06 rifle. I`m battling to get
details on the barrel, twist, and preferred ammo to use with it. I
reload myself and had some good results with 180 gr and 165 gr but
would like to have more detail to fine tune.

The markings on the rifle include. LSA-65 serial nr 650 - 26829


Cal .30-06 , Oy Tikkakoski


Made Finland , and its covered with a tan leather. (pictures to follow in next post.)

I measured the barrel and suspect it's a 22" barrel , but I have no
idea what the Twist Rate is , and what the bullet seating depth and
cartridge overall length should be for the lands. Can anybody help or
point to a book on these rifles ? More info I could get..

" Their name derives from the city of Tikkakoski, Finland, where Tikka
firearms were manufactured prior to 1989. For several years in the
early '70s, Ithaca imported Tikka rifles, which were sold under the
model names LSA 55 (short action) and LSA 65 (long action). Actions of
current rifles are similar to those of the LSA models with just a few
minor

design details. Currently Tikka rifles are manufactured by Sako, in Riihimaki, Fin land."

Any help ?

 

[stonecreek]

The information you reproduced is accurate. At the time your Tikka (probably branded "Ithaca"?) was produced, Tikka was not associated with Sako. Subsequently, Beretta bought a controlling interest in both Sako and Tikka and now both lines are produced under the same management. HOWEVER, your Tikka is only related to Sako in the way that a 1920's Savage is related to a 2009 Stevens -- both were made in the same country and both are now under the same ownership.

The Tikkas were and are well-made guns, although not quite as refined as Sakos. Your rifle in all likelihood has the fairly standard 1-10" twist, or the near metric equivalent. You can measure it by running a tightly-patched cleaning rod down the bore until it makes one full revolution. There is no reason that it won't shoot any .30 caliber bullet weight just fine. Seating depth is something that you have to find via trial and error with any rifle, even two otherwise identical guns that came off of the assembly line one after the other.