So I did my first full skim bedding on a Tikka T3. Never had to do one before but my customer was not happy enough with the rifle.

The rifle is a Tikka T3 hunter in 308. The rifle was shooting at 1" to 1.25" and thats the best it would do. After talking it over we decided to full skim bed the rifle first and go from there.

After bedding the rifle and letting it fully cure, I shot it again for him and it made all the difference in the world. Groups are now an easy 4 shot 3/8" all day long.

Like I said, I've never had to bed a tikka before but if you get a weird one in the bunch this should fix it.

Nice job. Did you go to gunsmithing school? Is a "weird on" similar to a hard on.

Interesting, thanks for posting. Looks like you skim bedded over the recoil lug as well?

Yes I did go to a gunsmith school and yes its over the lug. I used a industrial metal set on this one because the lug was loose on the reciever. Very loose!

Was just curious. Obviously there are no real blueprints on how to bed these Tikka T3's with the reverse recoil lug. I've been interested in skim bedding one of my T3's but haven't been sure the best way to do that with the lug.

I attached my lug to the receiver to hold it in place for bedding and then dropped it in just like any other bedding job. The bedding eliminated some of the vertical stringing I was getting originally.

How did you attach the lug to the receiver? Stock wood or composite?

I am concerned that bedding compound won't stick to the plastic stock.

Thanks,

Lefty

I personally would not bed over the lug. Epoxy is not as strong as metal. The lug makes little contact as it is. On stocks that have the lug loose you can attach it to the receiver with a drop of super glue. It only needs to hold to the receiver long enough to make it through the bedding process. When it is attached you just bed like any other M700 etc.

If the lug is not loose and it part of the stock like with the B&C, don't put any epoxy near the lug itself. Kind of backwards thinking compared to most guns, but the lug is backwards of most guns.

Exactly what dogcatcher said...drop of super glue and treat it as any other lugged receiver. When your cure is done it pops out with a little tap and your lug is bedded solidly into the receiver and gives a repeatable torquing point.

When I did the BC on my other Tikka I taped off around it so that no mud came within a 1/2" of the lug, I did not want anything to interfere with the lug fit.

Also to clarify I did not bed to fit the receiver to the lug, rather just to lock the lug in place and create a uniform fit between the receiver and stock. I did the normal roughing up and some additional holes and Devcon 10110 stuck just fine.

Thanks guys I have contemplating bedding two Tikka's and this gives me some ideas to go ahead.

Lefty C

Ditto