Tikka M55

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16mm Dovetail Bases

About the Tikka

Tikkakoski was at first a metal workshop established in 1893 in Jyväskylä, Finland, which later, at the end of World War I in 1918 evolved into a factory that produced gun components. One of the most important guns of Tikka in the 20th century is most definitely Suomi KP/-31, which is regarded as one of the most successful submachine guns of World War II.

Tikkakoski and Sako cooperated on a prototype rifle series in 1981 and soon after that, Tikkakoski was acquired by Sako. By the end of the decade, the production of Tikka rifles has already shifted from Jyväskylä to Sako headquarters in Riihimäki. Tikka still holds on to their traditional gunsmith craftsmanship, visually inspecting every rifle barrel and then manually testing the rifle with test shots. In 2009 Beretta group took over Sako, which got Sako and Tikka access to the most advanced production methods.

Tikka M55 Rifle Review

Tikka M55, which was produced from 1968 to 1989 was at first designed as M76, but later changed the name to M55. It is based on the Mauser action, which Tikka wanted to modernize and was the first centrefire rifle action designed by Tikka. It has a 16.5 mm dovetail machined on the receiver for the purpose of attaching optics, along with 4 holes for the screws, 2 at the front and 2 at the back.

The dovetail is fully disconnected, the middle part of the dovetail above the bolt doesn’t have dovetail notch on either side, which means the insertion of cartridges directly into chamber is very accessible at the expense of less rigid rifle and that could potentially lead to worse shot accuracy in some cases.

You can read more about how mounting system changed on Tikka rifles through time here.

Tikka M55 rifle Source:https://hirvikota.wordpress.com/2021/01/08/tikka-lsa-55/

Tikka M55 rifle

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This rifle is chambered for:

.17 Rem
.222 Rem
.223 Rem
.22-250 Rem
6mm Rem
.243 Rem
.308 Win

It comes in variants:

trapper
fullstock
continental
sporter
super sporter

ABC dimensions

A: 22 mm
B: 91,3 mm
C: 22 mm

Which rifles have interchangeable mounts

Two-piece mounts for the following Tikka rifles,

M65
M590/M690
M595/M695

which are meant to be installed on 4 tapped mounting holes will fit this rifle as well.

Our recommendation for mounts

Fixed mounts:

For fixed mounts on this rifle, we recommend Optilock Tikka Base mounting bases. We can insert rings onto these bases, but we must be careful because Optilock rings are available only for 1inch (25.4mm), 30mm and 34mm diameter scope tubes. One special feature of the Optilock rings are the polymer inserts (except the 34mm ring, which does not include inserts), which prevent scratches on the scope. If we want to install scopes with rails or scopes with tube diameters other than these of Optilock rings, we need to reach for rings of other companies like Recknagel, EAW or Osuma, and they fit Optilock bases as well.

Optilock base for Tikka M55

Detachable repeatable mounts:

For Tikka M55 repeatable mounts, we would recommend to first install Picatinny rails and then install any detachable repeatable mount that fits Picatinny rails on top of them.

If you would prefer to have detachable repeatable mounts without Picatinny rails, we would recommend MAKlassic pivot mounts.

Picatinny rails:

The best option for installation of Picatinny rails would be the rails of INNOmount.

It is worth mentioning, that these rails are made of aluminium, while the rifle receiver is made of steel, therefore the combination is not ideal, because of the mechanical reasons. More about that in our article:

Aluminium vs. Steel Picatinny rail

Help us build our riflescope mounts database

If you have this rifle or any other rifle at home, we would really appreciate it if you could send us some photos of the rifle receiver (mounting surface of the rifle when there are no mounts installed), because it would help us expand our rifle mounts database. If you send us a photo of rifle receiver which we don’t already have, that would be of great value to us and we will definitely reward you for your help.

Please send us an email for more information. You can contact us here: info@optics-trade.eu