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You have a lot of good ideas here. But the best one is to test the rifle with another scope, even if you have to borrow one from a friend.
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I agree lot of good ideas think that is the best plan. Only thing I worry on if I take those bumps off the stock that was posted in the link and that don't fix the issue then Berreta will not warranty the gun if there is any alterations in the stock.
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Couple of years ago I bought a new rifle (Ruger Hawkeye). Put a Bushnell scope on it and started working up loads. Shot pretty well, but I wanted a higher power variable, so I bought one. Rifle accuracy started out good, but started to get worse. Thought it was the loads. Went through several powders and bullets and it just got worse. Cleaned it to within an inch of its life and it still shot poorly. Lord knows how many reloads I put through it until I was shuffling stuff on the workbench and found an old target (back when the Bushnell was on there). Great group, so I loaded up some more of that and it shot poorly. Hmmm. Swapped the scope out. It was the darn scope. Took me forever and a couple pounds of powder and bullets to figure that out. So yes, try swapping the scope out if you haven't already.
That's the problem with a new rifle. There's no basic load that you know works good. If I'd had that, I'd have known quickly that the scope was the problem and not the rifle.
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Don't alter it beyond changing the scope. If it still won't shoot , contact Beretta.
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I think I might take it off and put it on another gun see how it shoots on it
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Barrel is floated all the way till the pressure point about half way down this is a normal thing so I here. My guess would be "scope". What is on it now? New, old, proven? I've owned five Tikklers and recently helped a bud with his T3. As mentioned in your other thread, the stock fit is tight for the first few inches. Not floated from the receiver and not floated halfway down... the stock fit is tight for a few inches then it floats.
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This one is far from a bug hole gunn My buddy is an aerospace engineer and extremely critical about his hand loads and his super lite 223 rem shoots like chit. He's pulled most of his hair out trying to get it to shoot well, but the best it does is 2" 3 shot groups at 100 yards. Moral of the story: not every Tikka shoots "bughole groups". This is, however, contrary to popular belief ..
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Maybe reloading IS rocket science....
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Ha ha. Good one. I totally agree . Whatever is wrong with the OP's rifle, I'm sure it is an easy fix as most Tikka's are damn good shooters. I hope he gets it figured out..
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Well Talley rings should be here by the weekend
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I called berreta today and talk to them they also told me that the action screws they recommend starting torque at 48 inch pounds so I'm going to try this with new rings and putting the scope on the other gun to see if it will shoot like it has in the past that should let me know about the scope.
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just curious,What did Berreta have to say about the barrel float?I had a T3 6.5SE,the paper check went down to the recoil lug,no speed bumps on mine and it was a shooter.
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I ask them I said the barrel is not floated all the way they said it was designed to have a rib in the stock like that. But I don't like that. I hope I get it to shooting and it is going to get a bel and carlson to replace the stock. I don't want to mess with the stock on a chance I half to send the gun to them. But what I worry about is if they don't find anything wrong they charge you $70. That would be my luck
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I also torqued the action screws to 48 from where I had them at 35 I should get to shoot it next week but honestly I don't see that changing anything but we will see
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I replace valve cover gaskets every 50K, if they don't need them sooner...
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I sure hope it is the scope I'm gonna go out this weekend try to find something thinking vx2 but I have been wanting to try a vortex
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scope.
PS. I torque mine to 40 inch pounds.
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3-9x40 VX2 with dotz would be the cat's ass.
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Got one of those on the .223AI...it IS the cats zzz.... +1 on that vote!
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3-9x40 VX2 with dotz would be the cat's ass. Got one on 260 Rem and it is pretty awesome.
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