solarpak wrote:Hi folks,
just wish to get a general consensus amongst Tikka T3x owners with rifles sporting synthetic stocks.
I added a standard T3x in .30-06 with the green polymer stock to the collection . Having owned several T3 / T3x Hunters with the walnut stocks in the past i knew these barrels were fully free floated .
Examined the .30-06 and discovered the barrel doesn't not free float - there is a pressure point approx 70-80 mm inf ront of the chamber.
Research on the 'net has discovered this is common on the synthetic stocked T3x's - despite Beretta Australia stating on their website that 'all Tikka T3x barrels free float'
My rifle shoots fine - for a hunting rifle where you may fire a couple of shots - but when range testing and heating up the barrel, i would wonder if the POI could change with this pressure point?
Many folk would say leave as is - others would say float it - but for a rifle that marketed with the 'free-floating barrel' being a major selling point - what's the go with that?
I have contacted Beretta Australia and am awaiting a response to my communication .
C.
I wouldn't do anything unless it's causing an issue, some barrels like pressure points.
I guess they're saying it's floated forward of the chamber. I agree, that is still part of the barrel and if it's in contact with anything then the barrel is not fully-floated, only partly floated. But are they claiming the barrel is "fully floated" or merely "free floating"?
It might shift POI when it gets hot, it might not. Do you modify the rifle to possibly work better at the range or do you leave it as a field rifle?
I'd be surprised if anybody is still using "free floating barrel" as a marketing point nowadays. I had a quick look at some of the polymer models on the website and I couldn't see any mention of the barrels being floated at all.