Had a well known smith open up the inlet for an Iota Eko stock for a Tikka CTR less than a year ago.
Noticed earlier in the week that there are multiple cracks and holes in the composite material on the inside of the stock. The carbon fiber shell seems to still be fine. But one of the holes goes all the way into the shell.
Waiting to hear back from Iota now for three days and I don’t have much hope. They didn’t sound too thrilled that a smith would have inletted the stock a little more. Customer Rep told me that he forwarded the pictures to their engineering team.
Really frustrated with the whole situation, to the point that I’ll be buying a Manners if I’m not happy with how this turns out. This is already a replacement stock because the first Iota Eko didn’t have the action holes drilled in the correct spot.
Stock hasn’t been bedded, just has factory pillars.
Would this be ok to bed the action and bottom metal? Or is the fiberglass material weakened and needs to be fixed a different way? Would this be a terrible idea to try and fix myself? Just don’t want to sink anything else into this.
Is this a problem caused by the additional inletting? Or a problem with how the stock was made? I really appreciate all of the help!
Noticed earlier in the week that there are multiple cracks and holes in the composite material on the inside of the stock. The carbon fiber shell seems to still be fine. But one of the holes goes all the way into the shell.
Waiting to hear back from Iota now for three days and I don’t have much hope. They didn’t sound too thrilled that a smith would have inletted the stock a little more. Customer Rep told me that he forwarded the pictures to their engineering team.
Really frustrated with the whole situation, to the point that I’ll be buying a Manners if I’m not happy with how this turns out. This is already a replacement stock because the first Iota Eko didn’t have the action holes drilled in the correct spot.
Stock hasn’t been bedded, just has factory pillars.
Would this be ok to bed the action and bottom metal? Or is the fiberglass material weakened and needs to be fixed a different way? Would this be a terrible idea to try and fix myself? Just don’t want to sink anything else into this.
Is this a problem caused by the additional inletting? Or a problem with how the stock was made? I really appreciate all of the help!