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T3 lite Stock
I have a T3 lite 223 rem. with a syntic. stock I'm planning on up grading to a Boyd's walnut stock. I'm I wasting my money ? I don't hunt I just bench shoot at my range and reload for my own use.
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Why do you want to change out the factory stock? Is your objective one hole groups or something close to that goal? What distances do you shoot? Are you planning to compete? I think some more information would help others provide useful advice.
All of my shooting and reloading is centered on hunting. If I can get one inch groups out of my .223 and .243 (both Tikkas), I'm happy. I'm planning to experiment with different combinations of bullets, powders and seating depths to see if I can improve things, but right now the shooter (that's me) is the weak point in the rifle system.
If you want a challenge, try shooting from sticks (not a bipod) or a tripod that's not fixed to your rifle from standing, sitting and kneeling positions. If your range allows it, use small gongs instead of paper targets. Spray paint the gong and bullet strikes will be obvious.
I'm probably an outlier because as I learned very painfully with a .30-06 (not a Tikka), I could spend a lot of money on things like a new barrel, a new stock, a new trigger, having a gunsmith look it over, and other aftermarket improvements but at the end of the day the shooter is pretty important. That and a clean barrel. The '06 I could barely get to hit an 8″ target at 100 yards with factory ammunition from a bench now puts rounds in a 1.5″ group from a Vanguard T62 tripod. The only aftermarket improvements are a better trigger (gunsmith told me the originals were notorious for being stiff) and a recoil pad. The ammunition is Wolf's steel-based cheap stuff.
My short answer is, right now you'd be wasting your money unless you want to change the appearance of the rifle.
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Don't think you will notice any improvement in the way the gun shoots unless its not shooting well with the current factory stock, and the stock is at fault of course.
My 2 T3 223's still have the original factory synthetic stocks and shoot as well as I can hope for…
But Boyds seems to have increased their quality lately, have not heard any recent compliants so if you just want to dress up the gun you can't go wrong for the price. -
I bench shoot and I shoot 1/2″ groups at 200 yrds. I just want to dress up my rifle
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I bench shoot and I shoot 1/2″ groups at 200 yrds. I just want to dress up my rifle
In THAT case…
It's not a waste of money if you want to dress up your rifle and you can afford it. Just like it's not a waste of money to own rifles because you want them without necessarily planning to shoot them. I wasn't trying to be a jerk and I probably shouldn't have rambled on as much as I did.
I'm also quite envious because I don't think I can shoot my .223 as well as you shoot yours.
If you decide to replace the stock, post pics.
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I bench shoot and I shoot 1/2″ groups at 200 yrds. I just want to dress up my rifle
If your gun is shooting that well, might be something you don't want to mess with, lol…
If you get a good fitting Boyds stock with no issues I can't really see it hurting the accuracy any especially if you know what you are doing and it already is shooting well.This is a great before and after thread on shooting accuracy for sure. Try to provide some feedback if you change the stock out.
Good luck.
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