Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Do you guys bed your Tikka's?

I know Youkonal does but his are works of art. I'm just talking about a regular hunting rifle. Got one coming next week in a 338Federal. I also ordered the B&C Medalist for it and is the reason I'm asking. Thanks guys, powdr

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Travis

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mike r

Guys or Guts? You got my attention with this one.

No, but I don't have a Tikka

Yeah that darned t got pushed instead of the y. Thanks guys...anybody else? Travis is that your famous 7mm-08 that shoots 22-250 to kill elk? powdr

No - there's no need, it's not a Remington - It shoots great just as it comes from the factory

Nope.

No. Shoots lights out from the factory - why potentially run a good thing?

Bedding wouldn't improve mine my T-3 223 groups under 1/2 right out of the box. Hornady 60 gr V-Max with 26 gr of Varget, Remington 7.5 BR Primers in Win Cases

So, I should be able to slap it in the Medalist and be good? OK I'LL TRY THAT FIRST. powdr

I would shoot it in the factory stock first, then slap it in the Medalist and see where you are.

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I did when I first got it but it pissed my wife off, so now my T3 Lite Stainless .308 spends the night in the safe.

No , I have had 3, still have 2. All hammers in factory stock with no bedding.

T3 Lite bedded recoil lug area, before I shot it. I do not know why. Was a pain to get bedding to stick/lock in place. Shoots good but probably would have anyway.

Who would have thought it!!! A factory rifle, priced competitively that shoots great right out of the box with no mods required.

Remington, Ruger, Winchester etc please take note.

I have factory rifles that shoot great right out of the box that don't start with T.

There are many reasons to bed a rifle that don't revolve around accuracy, though many are too stupid to know.

I love my Tikka. It shoots great out of the box and smooth action also. They guarantee their accuracy. A reasonably priced rifle with great accuracy and it is lite and carries well. What more could you want? I tell my friends that it is one of the better deals in rifles today but they don't seem to speak Tikka here in redneck country Georgia. LOL. I just bought a new stainless Tikka T3 for 580.00 just because nobody buys them around here in Middle Georgia.

Just as a follow up to one of the comments above. I have fully bedded all of my 700s and 70s, including my Pre-64 06 I had. I even skim bedded my HS Presion stocks on a HS SPR and 700 LTR.

The Tikka factory stock/recoil lug setup does look a little odd and flimsy at first glance, but the WAY sub MOA groups from the 3 I have had made me a believer in it. All of mine have not been finicky about the bullet weights or types.

Being somewhat of a gun plumber I always figure I can improve my guns, so I got a B&C Medalist Tikka stock and skim bedded it to my gun. The results were no better than the factory stock setup, but I added weight and cost to my gun. Also the B&C stock had a thicker feel to it.

Are T3s perfect? No as I am not a detachable magazine fan, but I live with it as they shoot lights out as is and have as good a trigger one could ask for right out of the box.

My 2 cents. Merry X-mas all and be safe.