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Beware: Waters Rifleman out of Austrailia
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Ok let’s just agree to disagree
If there is a political aspect to Tikka rifles I don’t know it.
I will not try to understand the finlander’s perspective of rifle performance other than it seems to make our understanding of “good “ a bit lacking. -
I’m not cleare that any issue has been solved or addressed.
Let’s acknowledge that AU shipping is tricky.
David Waters is known to be honorable.(my experience)
Any concerns with his business model should be tested and compared with other AU vendors.
What else can I or others make judgement on?
I will do business with David Waters again.
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Please, quit beating a dead horse. The issue, pro or con no longer serves any useful purpose. :-X
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Understood and acknowlegeded
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I just purchased a magazine for my tikka 308 m595 off Waters Rifleman and it didn’t click into place. My rifle is stock standard. I measured both magazine receiver latch tang with digital vernier calipers and there’s a 1.4mm difference between the two. No wonder the Waters Rifleman magazine doesn’t click in. I ofcourse emailed them and David said he couldn’t understand why, him stating out of 200+ units produced I’m the first to complain. He said he’d like to have a look at it and to separate “the noise” from the problem. I thought what “noise”?? The measurements aren’t the same. Anyhow he said he’d be travelling the next few weeks and won’t be contactable. Thst was almost 2 months and a couple of emails to him since has gone unanswered. His cistomer service is appalling. He should man up, answer his emails, give me a full refund or fix the magazine. As I live here in Sydney, Australia I offered to deliver it to him in person.
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i sympathise, but no one else in the world is making quality replacement magazines for Tikkas, including Tikka itself. $185, that is $120 american, for a replacement mag for your ancient rifle is a good deal. You said yourself why he’s not answering emails. You said you just bought it. You said he’s away for the next few weeks. Be patient. You are getting something you can’t get elsewhere. I hate waiting as well. I ordered a BLR replacement magazine from Cleavers. As in the past, when you order more than one type of item at a time, if it doesn’t jump out at them, they’ll send half your order and cancel the rest of the order and charge $18 regardless. So I waited and ordered the mag all by itself. Suddenly it was in stock. I did this with sierra roo-king projectiles. Made the mistake of ordering them with another item the first time. Second time I ordered them separately, and suddenly they were in stock. But I’m not getting upset because I’m getting a good deal on certain specific, unobtainium items. I hope you get a replacement magazine. The one I got four years ago in 6.5×55 is perfect. Tikka, for the same money wants to sell me a plastic one with less capacity. I’m patiently waiting for this bloke to make a 30-06 6 shot magazine batch so I can buy one. Where else am I gonna get a metal version for less than the manufacturer charges? So I’ll wait I guess.
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