Combination gun ?

Woftam · Post by **Woftam** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:50 pm

Have a mate who's getting out of shooting and offering me first crack at his gear.

Currently he's offering me a Tikka combination gun. 12g over .222 with a chamber adaptor for .22LR. At some stage (in the distant future) we will do a bit of travelling/camping around Australia and this sounds like an idea gun to take. Especially since it breaks down for transport and doesn't look like a rifle in its case.

Anyone have any experience with these ? Are they a viable option ? I know Tikka is well thought of but you don't see many of these for sale here. In fact I can only find 2 on the 'net.

Aughnanure · Post by **Aughnanure** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:55 pm

No personal experience but haven't heard any bad news about them.

Seems like a good combination. A few blokes around here have their bolt action rifles.

Post by **DuncaninFrance** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:28 pm

VERY common combination here, as well as 2 x rifle and 1 shotgun barrel on one piece!

I would say if it is a TIKKA you just can't go wrong.

Post by **DuncaninFrance** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:56 am

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Thought this might interest you. Top price for a Block drilled 96KS with the top engraving is 9675€ / A$15,578 / US$14,100.

Aughnanure · Post by **Aughnanure** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:18 am

Nice; I just ordered a consecitivly numbered pair, cased of course.

stripperclip · Post by **stripperclip** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:32 am

never handled a tikka but I shoot my friends savage 24 which is a 30-30 over a 12 gauge and it's not bad for hunting he does well with it every year.

Woftam · Post by **Woftam** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:58 pm

Thanks for the input gents. The sticking point at the moment is the rifle calibre. Having the option of .22LR by adding the adaptor is nice but I feel the .222 is a little light. I've hunted pigs with a .222 but I stick to the smaller ones, wouldn't like to take on something large with a .222.

Woftam · Post by **Woftam** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:29 pm

After much deliberation I passed on the Tikka. Now he's offering me another rifle that is more my line, but I have a bit on so I'll think about it.

Combination gun ?

Combination gun ?

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