Member yukonal
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I DO like it!
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I have a new, un-fired Factory T3, Stainless .223Â barrel I can sell you. It has the 10 twist.
Send me an email for pictures, if you need them. lhxbany@pbzpnfg.arg
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Lows work with a 50MM objective, but you might have to go Medium with your set-up.
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Sounds to me like you're just not getting the stock down onto the recoil lug. Keep working at it, and it'll drop down on.
Like Dog says, you can sand out the contact areas to fully free float the barrel. I've don this to every Tikka that is still in a factory stock.
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email sent…
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We've been preaching Tikka for years. Some people just need to get the wax out of their ears. 😉
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I hope you are not using factory plastic bottom metal and cranking up to 60…
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How low have you guys gone safely with a T3 trigger? I'd love to get it to 8-10 ounces as it will be a dedicated target rifle.
For comparison, my F-Open rifle is 7 oz. My F-TR Tikka's are at 1# with Jard triggers, and my LR hunting Tikka's are at 1-1/2# to 1-3/4# with factory triggers and factory springs. I have a dozen Ernie's springs I need to throw in one of these days, and see what the difference feels like.
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If you still want to try to get the lug out, try to put a strip of masking tape either on the recoil lug, or inside the jaws of a pair of vise grips, and use them to snug up tight, and wiggle it out. If you are patient and careful, you should be able to get it out unharmed.
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It's a custom wrench I had built and welded up. Horseshoe shape with a cap that bolts on to the opposite side, fully enclosing the outside of the action…snugly. Nice long handle. ;D One good yank, and the action is free from the barrel.
And, you can call me Al… 🙂
side note…I wouldn't take a chance of twisting a T3 action using an inside action wrench, in fact, I wonder if you already haven't! I do, however, use an inside action wrench to re-torque my barrels after I have taken them off, and need to put them back on. Using a torque wrench on the back end is very repeatable.
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The plastic “rib” that is in your stock – was designed to be there for a reason. Rather it is positioned to dampen barrel harmonics – and aid in accuracy for this particular stock/barrel combination.
Lock it into a lead sled at a range.
Speaking of harmonics, perhaps you could explain to us how locking the rifle into a mechanical fixture that doesn't move freely with recoil…will replicate a hunter shooting the said rifle at game…or even come close to duplicating normal sight in/load developement conditions.
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That's what happens when you don't get the action correctly and completely seated on the lug. The action is probably sitting a little forward or backward, and not completely down on the lug.
Take the action screws out, and slide the action fore and aft to try to get it to drop down over the lug. If that doesn't work, pull the barreled action and re-install it again.
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search function.
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A good barrel vise and a custom built outside action wrench that fits EXACTLY over the action…with NO slop.
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Tikka's are guaranteed to shoot moa with 3 shots at 100 yards. If it doesn't, make them honor the guarantee and send it back. When the return it, have them include the test target with the ammo selected.
