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Was just perusing your website and whoooeee, you definitely have good prices on those.

The prices for new LH T3x rifles are well over $100 lower than other on-line prices for the older LH T3, and I see you've reduced prices on all the remaining T3's of both kinds. Good selection of the various kinds and chamberings, old and new as well.

https://shop.whittakerguns.com/store/firearms/rifles/n-z/tikka?p=1&pageSize=96

Do you carry any of the replaceable pistol grips or forends yet?

I like.

My T3x 30-06 came in a few days ago. Overall it's nice, but required a few tweaks. I did not intend on purchasing an aftermarket stock and wanted to make use of the factory stock. Unfortunately, the barrel channel had a huge gap on one side and the recoil lug seemed to sit way to deep in the stock to make full contact. Also, the bolt stop pin will just about fall out under gravity on it's own.

I was able to fix the barrel channel gap by wrapping the barrel towards the forend tip with some tape to center it. I then tightened everything back up and hit the stock with a heat gun. I heated it up and let it cool a couple times and now it is just about perfectly centered. Once it was centered, I did a little sanding to free float it all the way back to the action.

For the recoil lug, I hit it with some penetrating oil and used some pliers to pull it out. After some measuring, it looks like there's about a .032 gap between the top of the lug and the bottom of the action. This leaves not a lot of contact between the two. I cut a shim out of an old credit card that measures .030 and used that to shim the recoil lug up in the stock.

The bolt stop pin isn't too big of a deal as it's captured by the stock, but you have to watch it so that spring doesn't go flying when you remove the barreled action. I am interested in any thoughts around this though.

Hopefully this helps someone.

Matt

Did your T3x come with scope rings? I finally got a chance to see one in person today and like the different grip texture but the salesman says they no longer come with rings, you have to buy them separately.

He is correct, mine did not come with rings. I ending up putting some Warne Maxima's ($50) on and they are great.

I have oversize stainless bolt stop springs available that prevent spring loss. Tried doing oversized pins as well, but there was enough variance across the board that snug in one was impossibly tight in another. But, I do have stainless pins available the same size as OEM. Saves paying $65 for the whole kit if you lose a spring or pin.

I handled the new T3x yesterday. The sissy pad wasn't nearly as nice as a Limbsaver. Sportsmans has them at $750, which is $100 more than the Superlite.

So I bought 2 Superlites.





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Pharm what calibers

Does this mean the Uperlites are on sale for $650? I'm gonna be in Denver is a couple weeks and finally close to a SW.

I bought a .30-06 and a .308. They had a .223 and .22-250.

And yes, Sportsmans cut the price to $650 on the Superlites to make room for the T3x. Be quick if you want one, they're going fast.





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