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New Tikka T3 Tactical 308
I just brought home a beautiful new Tikka Tactical 308. After reading reviews and thinking long and hard I felt like it was a great purchase. I am initially excited about it but noticed two things on the rifle that concerned me.
1. The picatinny rail had a screw in the front that was picking the last inch of the rail up about 1/8th of an inch. That didn't seem right. I had the dealer remove it and the rail went down mostly to flat. Anybody seen this? On a quality rifle like this I wouldn't think this kind of mistake would happen but maybe so?
2. The bolt seems to just slightly rub the top edge of the action as it is drawn back. Is this normal?
Any help is greatly appreciated as this is the first of these rifles I've ever handled or seen in person.
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New Tikka T3 Tactical 308
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Congratulations on a fine rifle!
I have no first hand experience with this model but the pic-rail screw you describe is often used to attach a mirage shade on competition rigs and is not meant to be tightened down. It is just used as a hook for the shade.None of my tikkas exhibited any bolt scraping and were extremely smooth. perhaps the tactical mag follower is bearing on the underside of the bolt? Any scraping when the mag is out?
Not much help but I hope this gets you a step closer to “perfect” 😉
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Ah yes. Perfection. The very dear friend of crazy. 🙂
That does help some. Sounds like somebody mistook that screw and put it in and tightened. Frustrating on a $1500 rifle but if she shoots then who cares.
The bolt is actuall rubbing towards the top just a hair down from the ejection port area. I'm guessing just a very close tolerance thing. It is still very smooth in fact you can't feel the rub just see the mark. It's just slightly rubbing the Teflon coating off.
I guess I'm just being anal and want it perfect.
Any other thoughts are very welcome.
Thanks for the response!
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Ok, well I have an answer to my rail and screw question. According to Beretta, this has to do with shipping…?
That's what the guy said and just said to take the screw out and carry on. He said he has received several calls with this question lately and that is the answer. Weird but I guess they know something I don't.
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I've seen rails put on with screws that are to long and rub on the bolt. Might be worth checking
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I'll pull the bolt an look at it for sure thank you.
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