Tikka T3 and Sako recall! Catastrophic failures!

[MarkL]

I think it's pretty clear that Beretta/Sako/Tikka knows at least some of the serial numbers that are defective. They should publish those numbers on their website, place announcements in gun magazines, have dealers put up fliers, etc. That wouldn't cost much, and it would probably prevent some injuries (and lawsuits). I believe the reason they don't do that is because it means publicly admitting the problem.

The problem has been know since, I believe, October 2004 and Beretta has done little to address it. That means people have been hunting and practicing with those guns during prime hunting season. I fired my gun at least twice during December. Once with my 8 year old son by my side.

Even if Beretta is unwilling to repair or replace the guns or refund the price, they should tell their customers (based on serial number) if

a) the gun is safe
b) the gun is unsafe
c) it's unknown so don't fire it until we figure it out

In case anybody hasn't bothered to read the threads on the other forums, the guns are not blowing up on the first round fired. I remember one was reported to blow on the 19th round and another after "about two and a half boxes".