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I picked up a Tikka T3X Superlite at Cabelas Bowling Green a couple of weeks ago. I have not shot the rifle. I have a question about the free float on these rifles. I forgot my glasses when I picked the rifle up and I couldn't inspect it fully. When I got it home and put my glasses on I noticed something contacting the left side of the barrel just proximal to the fluting. I thought it was a tiny bit of paint and actually removed it with a fine screw driver head. But when I checked the float with a dollar there is a definite block on both sides of the barrel. On my model 70 and a-bolt the float extends all the way to the receiver.

Here is a pic. There is something stopping the dollar at that point.

Untitled by jeff lansdale, on Flickr


Is this normal for a Tikka? Seems counter intuitive but I am not really an expert.

Thanks
HD

I would shoot it as is first to see how it does, then adjust the stock if necessary.

Craig

All tikka's have that. Its there for a reason. Some people remove them and fugg up the best shooting rifle they've ever owned. I wouldn't touch it.


Trystan

Mine has the same thing. It shoots bugholes at 200 yards when I do my part. I'm in no hurry to change anything.


Okie John

All of my bolt rifles are bedded and floated...except my Tikkas. I'm not messing with them, they shoot too good as-is.

My T3 has that and shoots incredibly well. So do the factory Sako A7 stocks.

I've noticed the same thing on my synthetic stocked T3's but not the wood stocked models. The interference fit of the BA is tighter with the synthetic stocks and contacts the barrel about where yours does. It definitely takes more work to seat the BA in my synthetic stocks. The barrel on the wood stocked T3's is free floated to the receiver. All have shot great without modification.

MCT3 is right on the money.
It's on purpose and works well. If you don't want to disassemble it yet then Google pics of that stock and look at the barrel channel and you'll see how it's made.

I saw your problem right away.

That's not a dollar.





P

Thanks guys. I will shoot it and see. Amazing street cred on these rifles. Really why I bought one.

End of thread. Shoot it first and evaluate before doing anything else.

I was going to mention that too but thought it too obvious, a five is "bigger" than a dollar.

The most consistently accuratefactory rifle I ever owned was a T3 308 that had that same bedding "problem"