Tikka M55

[1] Tikkakoski company, which had been under German ownership, was expropriated in 1944 and handed over to the Soviet Union in 1947 as ruled by the Moscow Armistice.

[1] After a group of Finnish businessmen bought Tikkakoski company from the Soviet Union in 1957, the company started focusing again in firearms in 1963, and first prototypes of a repeating centerfire rifle were manufactured in 1967, and the final product, the production of which began in 1968, was named the M76.

After a review ordered by SAKO from a Finnish gunsmith Jali Timari [fi] turned out to criticise the rifle in a rather negative tone, the project was shelved.

[1] The repeating magazine fed rifle features a milled receiver made from special steel,[2] to which a 90° rotating, two-lug cylindrical bolt locks.

[1][2] The receiver has 17 mm dovetail rails milled on its top side for attaching optical sights.

[1] The short action is unable to house larger cartridges than .308 Winchester or eject cases longer than 55 mm.

[1][2] The sporter variants feature heavy walnut stocks which are convex towards the cheek and concave on the away side, and have UIT rails on their underside and left side, for attaching different accessories,[1] and some Sporter rifles have also an adjustable cheek rest and butt plate.