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You even make less sense now then before…
I'm done trying to convince you, but will leave you with these answers to your new points…
#1 – The ribs are planned and not accidental, but its for barrel and stock stability….not a planned accuracy aid. They promote and advertise any improvement or accuracy enhancement they make in their stocks.
Don't forget the added wall at the sling swivel for stability. They don't promote an accuracy rib in their stocks….it actually contradicts their advertising for “free floated barrels”…#2 – Correct, same placement position of the rib in every stock..but it only has to do with this section of the mold being the same for almost the complete line of rifles.
#3 – 2 of my T3's did not have this wall perfectly centric to the barrel and only touched slightly on 1 side…did not even make contact with the bottom of the barrel. You could side paper underneath and around 1 side of the barrel channel only. The other 3 guns varied slightly as well…
A planned accuracy shim / pressure point to be effective and repeatable needs to be perfectly centric to the barrel, if not it will throw flyers as the barrel heats up…I'm not going to debate that point with you, do some research.#4 – You mentioned accuracy pressure points in the bench rest community…show me a fixed accuracy pressure point from a benchrest rifle that is a plastic wall unevenly supporting the barrel in a stock that flexes…you won't find it.
#5 – Correct, that the rib is in the same consistent spot, but that is the only thing consistent. As soon as you apply uneven stress on the stock it flexes and it changes the pressure exerted on the barrel causing a different shot every time…repeating shots is more luck and chance then expertise at that moment.
#6 – Sako & Tikka do promote free floated barrel accuracy, they even go as far as indicating it in their manuals and promotional material. Check you manual under “maintenance of your firearm section”
Listen man, I've been around rifles for quite awhile and do a lot of handloading for some really accurate rifles… to get the best out a rifle you need to be able to have a repeatable constant…Has much as you want to believe it, the Tikka synthetic stock is not the best it can be directly from the factory. Like you and other guys have mentioned, we all tinker…recoil butt pads, stainless recoil lugs and so on…I don't need to show you evidence to prove to you that 5 of my rifles all shoot better with a free floated barrels, whether it be a synthetic stock or not…the proof is in my own experiences and the targets I shoot before and after tinkering.
If you don't have the same experiences working with these guns don't give people incorrect information.
Guys free floating the barrels on these rifles have had great results on this forum and others…
