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Ha! That too....

Absolutely, aluminum costs more than steel yet many were convinced Tikka was somehow trying to save money? You will never find a steel recoil lug in any of my tikka's.

In the future the original tikka action with the small ejection port is going to be sought after by those interested in building a gun that will stack em.

I very seriously doubt that the new designed T3X that is a result of consumer request will ever shoot as well as the original. I fully expect to see a long list of complaints in the future.

A person could always install an aluminum recoil lug but you will still have the compromised action.



Trystan

Holy schit...

+1 million

Serious question, why would a widened ejection port effect accuracy? Winchester, savage Remington all have wider ejection ports still. Plenty of customs built off those?

Because trystan said so. Customers wanted to be able to get their chubby toad squeezers in the port so Tikka said yes.

The general consensus is the smaller the port,the more rigid the action will be. Making it less susceptible to torque and bedding problems. Promoting accuracy / consistency. You can in fact tweak the chit out of a M700 action with the action screws. The same apples to the blind magazine stocks as well.

Only problem is the new Tikka T3x port is minimally larger then the original T3. That said I am running out and buying up a bunch of NIB old T3's so I can save them as an investment.

Do people really think the slightly larger ejection port on the T3X is causing accuracy problems due to the rigidity of the action? Or a steel vs aluminum recoil lug? Quick, someone alert 90% of other manufacturers that their guns won't shoot beacuse of their large ejection ports.

I own three of the new T3x's and buddies own 10-15 more. Every T3x I own is a tack driver, as are theirs. In fact, local guys have been buying the new Tikka's faster than any other rifle in the store. The T3x is our top seller so far in 2017. Most of these guys are Remington 700 converts and rave about the accuracy. The majority are now buying a second and a third.

The issue Dennis is having with accuracy is the exception, not the norm. This conclusion is drawn from hundreds and hundreds of samples that have passed through our doors. Although the new ejection port is minimally larger, I don't put any stock in the assumption that it's creating accuracy issues. I've see too many clover leaf groups with the T3x's to buy into the theory.

I have purchased 3 NIB T3X's all in .300 Win and they are all outstanding sub MOA shooters, fit and function has also been perfect....The minor tweaks Tikka made on the X has only improved an already great rifle........Hb

This is not possible you must have replaced the steel lug with an aluminum lug

If anyone knows about T3x's, it's SAS. Hands down. And you know damn well that as many that have been through his shop, he's the first to know when something is amiss.

I'm wondering if the laminated stock might have something to do with it? Maybe some sawdust in the lug recess? Or termites? Or carpenter bees?

"Accuracy theory" threads are always some of the most entertaining on the Campfire.

Come on now, you know you've got a theory. You went there!

This is nothing. Go hang out with the BR crowd for a couple years. They have even taken to epoxying the internals of perfectly good scopes. Aint nuttin going on on the fire that those boys haven't already taken too far,lol.

Hmmm that's a thought perhaps they got a bad shipment of wood from China that isn't dense enough for good accuracy?

The Extra Ultra Superlite is made from balsa.

That would explain these reports of inaccuracy for sure

I picked up a T3x in 30-06 a few weeks ago. It averages ~1.5 MOA with the few Federal factory loads that I’ve tested. I haven’t done much load development yet, but it shoots sub-MOA with 165-grain Partitions at close to 2,800 fps over IMR 4350. I’ve got 180-grain Partitions doing 2,760 fps and 1.5 MOA, and I can probably shrink that by fiddling with seating depth and learning how to shoot better.

I also have a T3 in 308 that averages under 1 MOA with Hornady 155-grain American Gunner, and will often put three shots touching at 200 yards. It shoots ~1.25 MOA with the factory loads it prefers and ~1.5 MOA with most other factory loads. It shoots ~1.3 MOA with milspec ammo and ~1.75 MOA with the rest.

If someone who knew how to shoot got hold of these rifles, they would probably do even better.


Okie John