T3x Super Varmint oddity

[J_Hensley]

I’ve been tinkering with the magazine on my .223 Tikka Super Varmint this morning. When I noticed one of the screws on the rail didn’t look right.
It’s a pan head torx, but there is no countersunk hole for it. The head sits proud. The rest of the screws are countersunk and flush, as you would expect. I did a quick google image search and noticed others the same way.

What do you guys make of this?

 

[snert]

maybe a cheap production way to save cost while keeping the screw from interfering with the bolt/barrel? Not sure how a Tikka is made in that regard.

That said, it sure looks dorky

 

[CJ6]

Quick fix....Shorten the screw.
It's weird though that Tikka would do that.

 

[jxb]

I believe that front screw has another use, look into it more. May say in the manual, but I know I saw it somewhere. Something about designed for some attachment there.

update, see this and the answer under #2 below it. Yes that's what I read somewhere in Tikka's docs.
'https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/tikka-ctr-picatinny-rail-screw.6926174/post-7518719'

Might not be true for Super Varmint, but given the design seems plausible.

 

[Clancy]

It’s probably for a mirage shield.

Ultimatum Precision did the same thing a few years ago.

 

[jxb]

Looking here you can see the 5 mounting screws behind it (see pic 01)
I'm sure it's for the mirage shield.

'https://www.sako.global/rifle/t3x-super-varmint'

Here's the shield, pretty obvious after seeing this why it sticks up like that.
'https://www.beretta.com/en-us/product/sako---mirage-match-sight-strap-silver-S2501858'

 

[Thauglor]

It’s probably for a mirage shield.

Ultimatum Precision did the same thing a few years ago.

This and only this

 

[3Ackleys]

I have one, I thought it was a spare screw! Like they put spare buttons on shirts.

 

[J_Hensley]

Thanks guys, I figured there had to be a purpose for it. Seemed unlikely to be an oversight.

 

[Turkeytider]

Mine’s the same.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

The Seinfeld screw.

 

[RabbitSlayer]

My friends has that. Make sure you do not over tighten it. You will bend the rail. On the other hand, that rail is epoxied on. I think you can pretty much remove it using that screw. There is no hole in the receiver inder it. It just presses on the action. Silly its not 20 moa. The screws also have thread locker on them.

 

[6.5 forever]

It’s probably for a mirage shield.

Ultimatum Precision did the same thing a few years ago.

Winner!!