Yesterday I decide to remove the current barrel I have on my Tikka T3. Since my local PRS season is over and I have 2,800 rounds on it I figured it would be a good opportunity to swap barrels and do some load development for next season.
My T3 action currently has a Rock Creek prefit on it and I was planning on installing a Benchmark. So I start trying to take of the Rock Creek and it’s being unbelievably stubborn. I had the barreled action in a Viper vise with some drywall tape around the barrel. Gave the wrench a few taps with a mallet, nothing. Tried tightening and going back to loosening, nothing. Dropped some penetrating oil to go in the threads and then later decided to hit it with the heat gun. As I was heating it up and applying torque, after 3 or 4 attempts the action finally came loose.
As the action came free I heard something fly across the room and it was my trigger shoe. It broke clean off. Never came into contact with anything, the action didn’t spin out of control, it just snapped off. My guess is the inertia. I reached out to Timney to see if they can help but I’m baffled.
Anyone have ideas as to what I did wrong here?
My T3 action currently has a Rock Creek prefit on it and I was planning on installing a Benchmark. So I start trying to take of the Rock Creek and it’s being unbelievably stubborn. I had the barreled action in a Viper vise with some drywall tape around the barrel. Gave the wrench a few taps with a mallet, nothing. Tried tightening and going back to loosening, nothing. Dropped some penetrating oil to go in the threads and then later decided to hit it with the heat gun. As I was heating it up and applying torque, after 3 or 4 attempts the action finally came loose.
As the action came free I heard something fly across the room and it was my trigger shoe. It broke clean off. Never came into contact with anything, the action didn’t spin out of control, it just snapped off. My guess is the inertia. I reached out to Timney to see if they can help but I’m baffled.
Anyone have ideas as to what I did wrong here?