Stickers on my rifle?

[drover]

Oh the woes of first world problems!

+1

drover

 

[Rick in Oregon]

Like PhilC, many years ago when I purchased my brand new Chevy K10 4wd, the dealer had put an obnoxious dealer sticker on the tailgate! I told them the deal was off if that sticker was there when I came to pick the truck up after dealer prep.

When I arrived it was gone, but magically reappeared in the glove box. Upon arriving home, it went immediately into the "round file".

Never been a fan of any stickers, guns, truck, house, wife.

 

[NZ_Fclass]

The Tikka stock is so bland that the factory decided that it needed improvement - so you can see that it's a Tikka amongst the plethora of bland, 3rd rate black plastic on offer.

 

[LCazador]

Yea, I’m hoping that they come right off.
Only thing worse, I thought, would be to start messing with it and make it look worse and all boogered up. LOL

Don't use Goof off or acetone to take any residue off the stock. Use mineral spirits only!

 

[Gary in MD]

On a hunting rifle stickers are to stay in place until its got blood on it.
This goes for fish rod's also.

I’m going to have to get to work on that ASAP!!!!

 

[SVT_Tactical]

I've never had adverse affect with goof off on my stocks.... but then again i wipe it off with gun oil after removing the sticker.... maybe if you left it on there... but experience of others says to not use it all together.

YMMV i guess.

 

[buckeye68]

It seems dumb to me.
Kind of like if when I drove my F250 off the dealer lot and they thought that I needed a bumper sticker stuck on the bumper advertising what I just bought….
Maybe I just need some more coffee! LOL
Gary

I always ask for a $2500 discount when they apply it to my bumper. It’s amazing how fast they take it off.

 

[Clancy]

They are just like those red caps on zero stop nightforce scopes…. Throw them away when you get home.

 

[dellet]

DON'T PULL THEM OFF!!!!

They are actually a counter balance and work like a barrel tuner.

 

[tsyarnall]

Makes sense; I guess from a few feet away just looking at the bottom one could mistake a Tikka for a Ruger American or Savage axis

Oh, come on…………..Tikka's aren’t that ugly

 

[Gary in MD]

DON'T PULL THEM OFF!!!!

They are actually a counter balance and work like a barrel tuner.

Now you tell me!

 

[1K6BRA]

Of course I have seen stickers on rifles and shotguns in the stores. I’m sure it’s for advertising but what the heck! The first thing that came to my mind reading this thread was can you imagine going into a hard goods store in Dodge City back in the day and buying an 1873 or 1886 Winchester with stickers? Our forefathers would be speechless! What have we become? I know the answer to that question.

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

They are a Reminder that, you Bought the BEST affordable, Factory Rifle, on Planet Earth and to beat the Accuracy, and metal Fit and finish you would need to, Build a Custom Rifle, at 3 or, 4 Times, the Cost !
Add a Limb Saver, a Trigger spring, GOOD Scope, break in Barrel correctly / carefully and "Work up" a Load the Barrel LIKES and they ARE,..
Second to,.. NONE !

 

[Dgd6mm]

The stickers make them shoot more accurately.

 

[Trashy]

Just peel 'em off. They will stick to file cabinets and storage cabinets (smooth surfaces) for that man cave theme you've always wanted.

My toolboxes always get stuck with them.

 

[232]

I remember when car dealerships put their ad in the form of a chromed potmetal emblem on the trunk of new cars they sold. If you wanted to remove it you would have a couple holes to contend with. Miss that kind of class. That is providence you no longer see in a complete survivor or restoration.

On the other hand, I would rather have a removable sticker than a safety warning pressed into the receiver or barrel.

 

[JayHHI6818]

Fellow shooter at gun club teases me about the dealer emblem on the tunk of my car! You bought that so you don’t lose your car didn’t you? I replied yes my name is Jay. It has come in handy in some parking lots.

 

[Enosiophobia]

50 grit on the belt sander. Mine came right off.

 

[joshb]

They are a Reminder that, you Bought the BEST affordable, Factory Rifle, on Planet Earth and to beat the Accuracy, and metal Fit and finish you would need to, Build a Custom Rifle, at 3 or, 4 Times, the Cost !
Add a Limb Saver, a Trigger spring, GOOD Scope, break in Barrel correctly / carefully and "Work up" a Load the Barrel LIKES and they ARE,..
Second to,.. NONE !

Shhhh! Keep it down!........you’ll wake up the Savage guys.

 

[Shawnba67]

I wonder how much $$ a person can get per sq in on their barrel, same as NASCAR ????

Not with the way most of us score! Lol