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Tikka M77K
Break action · 12 Gauge · introduced 1977
Also known as Tikka Model 77, Tikka 77
About the Tikka M77K
The Tikka M77K is a Finnish break-action over/under combination gun (Bockbüchsflinte) built by Tikkakoski, pairing a smoothbore 12-gauge shotgun barrel on top with a rifled barrel beneath it. Developed as Tikka's answer to the Valmet combination-gun system, the hammerless boxlock action is fired by double triggers and fitted with a shotgun-barrel ejector, a flip-up rear sight over the rifle barrel and provision for a scope. The most common configuration mates a 12/70 (2 3/4 inch) shotgun barrel over a .222 Remington rifle barrel, though examples were also chambered for 5.6x52R and other centerfire rifle cartridges, making it a versatile mixed-game hunting arm.
Tikka built the M77 to muscle into the same mixed-game hunting niche dominated by fellow Finn Valmet's combination guns - a single break-open arm that let a hunter answer either a flushing bird or a bounding deer without swapping firearms.
Tikka M77K specifications
General
- Type
- Shotgun
- Action
- Break action
- Firing mechanism
- Hammer-fired
- Trigger
- Single stage
- Calibres
- 12 Gauge, .222 Remington
- Magazine capacity
- 2 rounds
Dimensions
- Barrel length
- 635 mm (25.0 in)
- Overall length
- 1040 mm (40.9 in)
- Weight (empty)
- 3.80 kg (8.38 lb)
Barrel
- Rifling
- Right hand
Materials
- Barrel
- Steel
- Receiver / frame
- Steel
- Stock
- Wood
- Finish
- blued
Performance
- Effective range
- 100 m
History
- Introduced
- 1977
- Discontinued
- 1989
- Production status
- Out of production
- Country of origin
- FI
Available calibres
Features
- Over under combination
- Shotgun barrel over rifle barrel
- Rifle and shotgun barrels
- Double triggers
- Shotgun ejector
- Full choke shotgun barrel
- Flip up rear sight
- Cheekpiece stock
- Scope mounting provision
Safety
- Automatic tang safety
Rifle barrel offered in several chamberings across the model's run, most commonly .222 Remington but also 5.6x52R (.22 Savage Hi-Power), 5.6x50R Magnum and .308 Winchester; the 12-gauge smoothbore was typically full-choked. Barrel lengths of roughly 55-63.5 cm (about 22-25 inches) are recorded. The combination-gun line was discontinued after Sako's acquisition of the Tikkakoski rifle business at the end of the 1980s, and surviving examples are considered rare, especially in North America.
