And how does it shoot?

I have owned four T3s and that printing was typical of all of them but it never adversely affected accuracy. One of them has been re-barreled and bedded in a custom stock so that has not been the case with that one.

I had to make a another lug for a spare factory stock for the custom gun so I made it out of 7075. I suspect it will never have the printing, but now I wonder if Tikka knows the receiver "seats" into their softer alloy lug and intended it to do so. It would not surprise me. They seem to have everything else figured out and have been at this a while.