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Wanting a T3 Hunter
I've got a CTR in 260 and it's a tack driver out of the box. I'm looking at either a 270 or 7 mm mag since my Remington Sendero in 7 mag let me down. I reload for the 7 mag and have lots of brass and bullets on hand. I've never owned a wood stock Tikka but it sure does look good. Not afraid of the recoil. My other Tikka was a synthetic stock 300 wsm. My son wanted it so it's gone now. Any advise on the Hunter and accuracy. I'll be reloading 162 grain eld X and not sure about the 9.5 twist.
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Don't guess I want a hunter if no one can say good or bad.
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I've got a Forest in .308. Should be about the same accuracy as the Hunter. 5 shot groups about 0.9″ with Federal Gold Medal Match 168 or 175 grain. It's new, and I'm hoping to improve on that. Maybe it could use a bedding job?
I had some wood contact just behind the sling swivel, and some near the receiver. I removed some wood, but may work on that some more. The wood does flex a bit. Also, the stock bottom was inletted a little deep on the trigger guard side. Mags were hard to seat, and the rear action screw began touching the bolt with only 35 in-lbs torque (using a fat wrench). A washer between the stock and trigger guard added just enough clearance.
Also, like the Lite, the stock drops too much. I needed a stock riser for the 1″ medium rings that came with it, and definitely the 30mm medium rings on it for my 50mm objective scope.
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