Bill wrote:Have you taken the insert out of the stock? That is around the knox area of the barrel
A mates T3x shot Ave groups but not as bad as urs and when he removed the insert it shot alot better. Also check the barrel is free floated with a $5 note right at the forend. If its contacting then it need to be relieved. T3x don't have pillars for the action bolts so don't over torque them.
Die Judicii wrote:I bought a brand new T3X not so long ago.
Found out very quickly that it had multiple issues right from the start.
The biggie's that could be part of what your experiencing (though I haven't yet seen your pic, cos it won't load up) are as follow,,
1) The trigger pull/release on mine was woeful. Fixed that by fitting a Yo Dave spring.
2) The recoil lug on mine was the (new issue steel lug that was supposed to have fixed the problems experienced by the alloy ones) but still wasn't
a good fit (p!ss poor in fact) it had a 3 - 4 mm slop.
Fixed that by full floating the barrel with 4mm clearance, and bedding the action and recoil lug.
The other numerous issues were also either fixed by myself or my gunsmith.
But by then I was so p!ssed off (like you said,,, they are supposed to be good straight out of the box) that I sold it flat out like a lizard drinking.
Never, ever again, will I buy a Tikka.
in2anity wrote:It seems Tikkas aren't as quality as they used to be.
in2anity wrote:
In recent times I've heard a few complaints about the new t3x's coming out, just a few... I swear there was a time when tikka issues were basically unheard of.
SCJ429 wrote:Did you clean it for carbon and copper? Did you notice much copper fouling and did it come out easily?
You are getting a lot of vertical at times, are you shooting off a rest?
Bill wrote:Firstly 22-250's get hot real quick. Try 3 shot groups and let the barrel cool at least 5mins, 5 shot groups will need about 8 mins barrel cool down.
I had really good accuracy from Tikka branded 22-250 ammo ( I paid $65/50 locally).
Make sure you give the barrel a good clean. 22-250's generally arent too fussy with ammo but I have never tried the Hornady stuff or federal. It may take a few rounds to settle down.
Bill wrote:Have you taken the insert out of the stock? That is around the knox area of the barrel
A mates T3x shot Ave groups but not as bad as urs and when he removed the insert it shot alot better. Also check the barrel is free floated with a $5 note right at the forend. If its contacting then it need to be relieved. T3x don't have pillars for the action bolts so don't over torque them.
Die Judicii wrote:I bought a brand new T3X not so long ago.
Found out very quickly that it had multiple issues right from the start.
The biggie's that could be part of what your experiencing (though I haven't yet seen your pic, cos it won't load up) are as follow,,
1) The trigger pull/release on mine was woeful. Fixed that by fitting a Yo Dave spring.
2) The recoil lug on mine was the (new issue steel lug that was supposed to have fixed the problems experienced by the alloy ones) but still wasn't
a good fit (p!ss poor in fact) it had a 3 - 4 mm slop.
Fixed that by full floating the barrel with 4mm clearance, and bedding the action and recoil lug.
The other numerous issues were also either fixed by myself or my gunsmith.
But by then I was so p!ssed off (like you said,,, they are supposed to be good straight out of the box) that I sold it flat out like a lizard drinking.
Never, ever again, will I buy a Tikka.
Paul wrote:Die Judicii wrote:Hi DJ,
Thanks for making me feel so much optimism
I can really see why you decided to ditch yours. I doubt I would o to anywhere near that much trouble to try and seemingly rectify a dodgy piece of gear. TWT. Hopefully some thing simple.
I agree, they should go MOA out of the box (unless some issue with scope mounting). No happy Jan.
Thanks
P
in2anity wrote:Were you shooting the 22lr also to 100m? Or just 50m? What’s your 22lr groups like?
in2anity wrote:I guess that's an expected outcome, if it was gusting. But if the wind was consistent, and the rifle and ammo was up to it, groups could be half that. I see 100m 22lr groups similar to that, from the sling (in favorable conditions).
You didn't happen to shoot the 22-250 at 50m, did you? (just as a direct comparison).
in2anity wrote:A-HAH! Paul, as Blade alluded to, just crunching some numbers, this is almost certainly a stability issue, because of your slow 1:14". Check this out:
Now, look with a bullet of length 0.517 (the 35 gr vmax):
With the low stability value as shown, it's not at all surprising the size of those groups.
Can you get some short .224 bullets? Has to basically be under 0.6".