You said previously that you let the barrel cool between shots. Are you sure that at the beginning that you may have let it get too hot and now you have a little bend in the barrel.? Even some of the experts that write for the Outdoor Magazines have admitted to not being careful enough and ruined barrels. There are too many positives about Tikka on this thread. I would do what Dogcatcher suggests. Send it back to Tikka, before you dump a good rifle.


Better to be over the hill than under it.