Must be a pattern. My friend put his new T3 (.270Win.)in his gun cradle to put on the bases/rings and a black plastic piece fell onto the cradle. This happened when he opened the bolt.
He looked and looked and finally saw the triangular piece of plastic missing from the forward, bottom left side of the bolt shroud.
The dealer took it back and my friend is thinking of spending mucho coin for a Kimber Montana.
I should add the dealer was very surprised as he has sold several hundred of Tikka's over the past few years and has seen the problem now twice.
Last edited by bigwhoop; 11/09/09.
