Our founder Miksu jumped on the Australian Hunting and Beyond Podcast (episode 139) to talk through his recent New Zealand tahr hunt — snow-covered peaks, brutal climbs, and the gear that earns its place when the terrain doesn’t forgive much.
Finnish-born and now based in Australia, Miksu started Nokka Tactical for one reason: to make Tikka rifles fit their owners properly. On the episode he gets into the stuff that actually matters on a mountain hunt — lightweight rifle setups, packs and optics, what held up and what he’d change next time — plus a bit on the difference between Finnish and Australian hunting culture.
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Why fit wins in the mountains
Mountain hunting strips a rifle setup back to essentials — every gram counts, and so does every bit of fit. When you’re cold, blown out from a climb and the window’s short, a rifle that’s dialled to you is the difference between a clean shot and a missed one. That’s the whole reason Nokka exists: lightweight PETG parts, engineered to Tikka’s tolerances, that make the rifle fit you and hold zero of your attention until you shoulder it.
Most shooters start with the Performance Kit — cheek riser + length-of-pull spacer set up as a system — or the LOP Spacer Kit on its own.
Cheers to the Australian Hunting and Beyond crew for having Miksu on. Designed in Finland, built in Australia — and tested where it counts.
Make your Tikka fit you
The Drop Comb Cheek Riser and LOP Spacer Kit, bundled and set up to work as a system — at a price that beats buying them separately.
