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I need some Help….T3 Hunter .243 shoots like crap…..
I have a hunter in .243 spent $40 on some Premium Remington 75Grn HPBT amo and it just sucked!!
1.5-2.5 in 3 shot groups 100 yds!
I found the stock screws were no where near tight. The cut out for the action is not even snug and the lug cutout in the stock is not tight. WTF?
Normally I bail on this kind of performance and poor stock fit but I just love the SMOOOOTH action,the blued barrel is gorgous inside and out. Wonderful trigger. And the stock has decent grain.
Im not sure what to do as I suspect the barrel and action “seam” to be high quality but I hate to
bed the stock and fiund out the problems was not only the stock and now I have no recourse with Beretta. Or send it back and loose this pretty stock ?
I did torqu the stock screws to 35inch lbs could try shooting again……
The trigger guard is real strange… plastic with a metal insert and the insert does not touch the Wood
stock?? All the torqu is on the plastic that can move around in the cutout for the trigger guard.
I still really like the rifle ……just want to get it to shoot good. -
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First make sure that the barrel is free floating and not touching anywhere until close to the action.
Next try seating the barrel lug and action using the procedure in the below link:
Let us know how it goes. . .
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Matchman,
I have several Tikkas, all of mine are T3 Stainless Lites. As far as accuracy goes, it is a toss up between the 6.5×55 and the 243. Don't know if you are a handloader or not, but I have had incredible success with Win Brass, Fed 210 primers, 85 grain Sierra HPBT and 37.7 grains of Varget. Had the bullets seated at .010 off the lands.
This load has shot very well for me out of 3 different 243's, and has been very consistent. I loaned that rifle to my buddy's daughter for hunting deer about 3 years ago… wondering if I will ever see it again.
I suppose it could be a bedding issue, but I never give up on anything until I have tried several bullet/load combinations. If you aren't a handloader, I would try some other types of ammo… cheaper stuff too. My brother in law's 308 Tikka shoots yellow and green box Remington into a quarter very consistently.
Mike
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