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Some of the Tikka stuff in Finland as well. Other in Italy.

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These Valmet 412 clones named as "Tikka" has been made in Italy too. At that time NOKIA (same brand who later made cellphones) owned all three finnish gun brands i.e. VALMET. TIKKA and SAKO. They sold away all machines from Tikka and Valmet factory so these later shotguns and combos ordered from Italy. TIKKA M07 and M77 are much older models, from that time when TIKKA was it´s own brand.

In Finland combos with 12/.222 or .223 calibers has been quite popular among birdhunters. These old Tikkas has been designed for that purpose. VALMET 412 was the first combo designed for the whole "family" i.e. shotgun, combo and double rifle. Some older VALMET models (for example 212 used sometimes have two barrel sets i.e. shotgun and combo but these were quite rare birds.

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