Tikka T3 Lite Owners - Need Info

[racesnake]

Anyone know what the thread dia. and pitch is for a T3 barrel is?

 

[1000yardstare]

racesnake................check out this reference for a T3 barrel thread. Even the professional gunsmiths scratch their heads over your question.

http://forum.accurateshooter.com/index.php/topic,3759978.msg35925384.html#msg35925384

Bill

 

[barkingsnake]

Quite funny to read this thread (I know it's an old one) as I was horrified to find the plastic stock had these manky pressure points in it. I use a bipod for most shots but sometimes you can't and I need it to hit in the same place (and it didn't). With the pressure points it was very accurate but not consistent with position changes. I used a nice, sharp, hunting knife and just pared away at the plastic for ten minutes. Job done. Shoots three shot groups (including the first out of a clean barrel) in under 1/2" at 100 yards (22-250 using Nosler 55 grain BTs).

 

[Mackeath]

Greetings,

I know that it has been a long time that this post was active, but I wanted to relay what Beretta USA Customer Support said to me when I asked them. I have a T3 Light in 308, amazingly accurate, but did not pass the dollar bill test.

"
Thank you for contacting Beretta Customer Support.

Sir, only wood stocks are fully free floating, the synthetic stock is designed to have the contact point that you describe. Removing this contact point will negatively affect the accuracy of the rifle.

Best regards,

Beretta Customer Support"

 

[bozo699]

Greetings,

I know that it has been a long time that this post was active, but I wanted to relay what Beretta USA Customer Support said to me when I asked them. I have a T3 Light in 308, amazingly accurate, but did not pass the dollar bill test.

"
Thank you for contacting Beretta Customer Support.

Sir, only wood stocks are fully free floating, the synthetic stock is designed to have the contact point that you describe. Removing this contact point will negatively affect the accuracy of the rifle.

Best regards,

Beretta Customer Support"

Mackeath,
Welcome to the forum!.... I have had my T3 for about 3 years, it never had any accuracy problems, I have several safes full of custom rifles and my daily pack around rifle remains to be this T3 in 7mm-08 I still have not put the B&C stock on it. I have a ranch and use it almost daily for something, I have no idea how many rounds I have through it but Friday my friend and I went up into the back country in Idaho and I shot from 350 yards out to 1003 yards and everytime I dialed the nightforce my hold overs were spot on and I nailed what I was aiming at. This is a totally factory rifle with only the trigger reset from where it was out of the box to it's lowest setting and I painted the stock green. I load 40.0 of Varget ( fairly light load ) with 140 accubonds and it shoots well under a half inch most all the time, however I have bought 140 Ballistic tips in Federal Vital Shock factory loads actually in factory seconds and it shoots the 1/2 - 3/4 inch and what I was using to shoot out to a 1000 yards with. I would have changed the stock a long time ago but it shoots so well I hate to change anything.
Wayne.

P.S the factory rings I feel are very sub standard you should replace them, I am using a Picitenny base with Badger rings.

 

[Mackeath]

Thank you very much for the comments. So far this T3 light, a month in, is my favorite rifle. Ever. It amazingly accurate and I love the light weight for hiking in the mountains with it.

I do confess though, when it didn't pass the dollar bill test I was a bit concerned, and then reading online I found others had filed the stock so it would so I was debating that. With what Tikka says though I will leave it as is.

One day I'll get a fancy scope, but so far my Bushnell Elite Tactical fixed 10x is working really well though I have only gone out to 400 with it. And the stock rings do look a little iffy, but so far they are working well. I'm thinking of upgrading them with a DNZ Game Reaper.

Thank you for the welcome!

Thank you for the welcome!

 

[Brians356]

Forgive a lazy question, chaps, but does the T3 Lite sport a plastic trigger guard?

Brian

 

[sbranden]

My experience - the T3's will shoot. I agree with an earlier poster who said you need to experiment around any "good load"(s) that you may have had in 'other' 243(s), because this one won't be the same. Two in a row from the same production line likely won't be the same, so get 'the load' right first - as good as you can possibly get it to be, in your specific rifle. Then go from there.

Actually, I will normally do barrel break-in with factory ammo, or a range of factory ammo's first- saving my brass as I go.
(If I find something truly amazing... consistent, repeatedly amazing, well - I might be close to being done!)
Once broken in good, I baseline it - shoot some 5-shot groups and save those back for comparison later.
Then if not satisfied, or I just decide to tinker later, I usually adjust my triggers first and get that out of the way.
Test again to make sure I'm moving it in the right direction, am still safe, etc., repeating as necessary.
Then do some load development work, establishing the best load for the specific rifle.
Then if still not there, I'll mess with it some more!
(I don't care what they say about their tupperware stocks, mine shot better after sanding for a very complete float ALL the way back.)
But like somebody else said, do go slow on barrel floating work especially.
Test again to make sure you are improving things, repeating as necessary.

I had one heck of a time getting my T3 Lite in 243win to shoot, but we're there now and it is sweet! One of my favorite rifles, no question.

I worked with another Tikka T3 SS in 30-06. Trigger first, and excellent (both Tikka's are, after really very minor adjustments).
A little bit of sanding, but nowhere near as much as my 243. The stock still has one pressure point near the very back.
Lots of good load development work, and it is throwing groups with 180 Nosler Partitions now that resemble what I can do with my 243 with 70NBT's which to me is pretty incredible.

Make sure you are cleaning it good in between test sessions, giving it a couple of fouler shots (my 'settling into the bags good time'') before trying to shoot for groups at the beginning of each new session, and don't let your barrel get too hot.

Best of luck to you and if you need any recipes that worked in mine (no guarantee for yours), just shoot me a PM.