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…it's now 3/9/16 and the .223 tikka sporter does not group like it used to…

The wood stock is NOT bedded and/or pillared.  The aluminum stock lug is pretty loose in the wood and action, and shows signs of wear.  I gotta fix this issue, so it's bed time.

  Bought the Lumley arms kit which includes titanium lug, steel bottom metal, fitted pi… Read more

Good to hear your sorting it out…in my experience a muzzle brake didn't effect group size much, but point of impact change was about 2″.

  You should be able, with proper hold, to see the bullet impact through the scope. That helps you keep the rifle and yourself in the same position, shot after shot.

My gunsmith did not remove the barrel to cut threads…cost was $90.  I took the actioned barrel out of the stock, took off the scope and reassembled when done.  The Kiniteck brake (with the sleeve which makes all the flak about other shooters pain…moot) was around $60.

  Reloading a .308 costs around .30 cents ea.  To be a “shooter” you alm… Read more

Ok…IF your barrel is threaded in the 18 tpi whatever as on my Tikka .223, this won't work…

IF your going to have your barrel threaded in the much more common 'USA standard' 5/8″x 24…this place makes a brake that will address your… Read more

I have the 16x on a .308, I can see bulletholes at 200 yds.  It's not a Nightforce, but it was 1/4 the cost, and feels well made. 

A muzzle brake cuts the recoil down considerably on my .308…still bounces (benched, with bipod and bag), but if I hold right, it comes back to point of aim…almost. 

To follow up on the mag spring..shot around 60 rounds and the mag started to jam again..took apart the thing and bend the rear even more, and cured the problem for now…it seems the spring is weak?

  I only load five into it, and all is well for now.  These tikka mags are kinda weak all the way around.

I'm thinking the spring is not seating all the down…(maybe hanging on some part of the mag body…burrs?) the spring can be removed from the magazine without taking the mag apart…push the follower down with a pencil and move the follower forward, the spring with follower should spring out and then you can reseat.  At least mine does.  S… Read more

Seems I have made some improvement…taking the mag apart and stretching the spring up in the rear, giving the follower about a 30 degree tilt downwards in front has cycled about 20 rounds perfectly.

Here's hoping…

The Boyds stock does not have pillars, nor is it bedded…however both are DIY possible.  I've got a thumbhole on a Remington 700 and after doing same it works fine.

  I only wish I had gotten the 'tacticool' model for a better cheekweld.  As is, I glued a  1/2″ cheekpad on it.  The LOP also was short for me, I put another 1″ on her with a diff… Read more

If the scope won't take recoil, from any which way motion, it's not worth having.  Buy a good scope, with a real world warranty.

  In my experience, your not going to mitigate recoil any other way than with weight, a brake or a recoil pad of some sort…or shoot a .22lr.

After shooting about 60 rds, the new 6 rd. mag is doing the same as the old mag…it won't feed reliably.

Back to the drawing board.

The new mags seem to work as intended…ran a few cycles of each without any problems, and I sent the defective one back for exchange.

I'm a happy camper

I've gone ahead and ordered a 4 rd as well as a 6 rd mag directly from Beretta…will post if they work or not.

If someone comes up with a metal mag that works, I think they will sell. I've been searching the webs for answers and have found many people are dissatisfied with the plastic mags, and it seems nobody has a solution.

I've thought of… Read more

I'm in for a .223 mag…I'm guessing you would sell more than a few, seems the Tikka mag is the downfall of the T3.

Wasn't it someone here already working on a metal mag? 

Your right…I would not have to scrap the stock.

But now I'm thinking I might just put a KRG X-ray stock on it, which uses AI mags (and be more or less pillar bedded)…and sell the wood stock.

I might get a couple hundred for the stock…it is a nice stock.

I'd hate to waste money trying another $60 tikka mag,  and it seems no one has any idea if… Read more

Yea..sounds logical…I'm not using a hot load. Around 25gr Varget over a 69 gr. SMK.

I'm shooting at 200 yds MOA.  It's a start.

Thanks for your reply, I thought it was nothing to worry about, just checking.

Got the rifle, mounted a scope, took it to a indoor 50yrd range for sight in…WOW!, this thing shoots! ;D

5 shot groups that look like 3.  I don't know if I NEED to bed this thing.

I'll take it outside this weekend for 200 yrds.

So, I would guess the sporter (wood) stock is not pillared and bedded?  I will receive the rifle this week and will know more.

At this point I'm thinking I'll need to add pillars, put in a stainless lug and bed it..

I've done this to a few rifles in the past, but am always open to suggestions.

I would guess that you need to mill the stock for… Read more