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When I told you about selecting a base rifle for Project Gungnir (my first precision rifle project), the Tikka T3 was neck and neck with the Howa 1500 that I ultimately chose back in 2012.

Its no secret at this point that Ive been spending a lot of time with the Tikka T1x MTR in 22lr, as it served as the basis for my Noisy Cricket precision 22LR project.

In my write up of the project, I laid out all of the choices that I made but mentioned that reviews of each major component would be forthcoming.

Well, here we are.

This is my review of the Tikka T1x MTR after many months of shooting, tinkering, and thinking about it.

Lets dive in. Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) I picked up the Tikka T1x MTR in 22LR with my own money in the Spring of 2020 with an intent to build it up as a rimfire precision match rifle.

Just about everything about the rifle is executed well and I heartily recommend it.

However, I also think the stock barrel is just a touch lighter than I would expect for a competition rifle.

It works very well, but the balance between being sporty for hunting and stable for competition errs towards sporty.

If youre looking for a fantastic hunting-oriented bolt action 22, then stop here and buy it.

If youre looking for something that you can build up into a competition rifle, then the Tikka serves as a fantastic base.

But if you dont want to bother with the building and instead want to run a stock rifle in NRL22-style competition, particularly in base class, I would steer you towards something like the CZ 457 MTR or CZ457 AT ONE.

About Tikka Rifles As always, no article of mine would be complete without a touch of history and background.

Most enthusiasts today know that Tikka is closely related to Sako rifles.

You might think that Tikka serves as the budget-friendly line of the renowned Finnish brand, and you wouldnt be too far off.

Tikka takes its name from the place of its birth, the Tikkakoski district in the city of Jyvskyl Finland.

The original company, Oy Tikkakoski Ab, produced several consumer goods from rifles to sewing machines as far back as 1918 (though the factory itself stood up in 1893).

Over the decades, Tikka manufactured several variants of rifles, including the M27 rifle, KP31 submachine gun, and Maxim 09-21.

While under Soviet control after WWII, the factory focused on sewing machines until investors bought the brand back and resumed firearms production in 1957.

I was surprised to learn that Nokia, the cell phone company, actually bought Tikka in 1974, though I cant find any indication of how that affected the business.

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In 1981, Tikka collaborated with Sako on a prototype rifle series later released as the both the Tikka M551 and Sako L581.

Today, both Tikka and Sako manufacturer rifles in same factory and even share similar tooling.

Tikkas original factory was demolished in 1987 and all manufacturing for both rifles moved to Sakos primary facility at Riihimki.

The Tikkakoski factory circa 1930s (public domain image) The Tikka T1x and its Big Brother T3x The T1x Im reviewing today isnt my first run-in with Tikkas products.

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