Yep, total crap.Tens of thousands of T3s out there. 2 failures. One caused by user error.
Clearly a poor design...
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Yep, total crap.Tens of thousands of T3s out there. 2 failures. One caused by user error.
Clearly a poor design...
Tens of thousands of T3s out there. 2 failures. One caused by user error.
Clearly a poor design...
The description is in the thread above, but basically stuck dummy cartridge touching lands"tactical offering" is a reach at best. It's a $800 T3X in a chassis. These are isolated incidents, not anywhere close to the norm. Out of curiosity, what were you doing when you man handled it open?
Hand, I’m not a small guy but definitely not Swartzenegger sizeI meant what were you doing when it broke. Were you hitting it with your hand or using some encouragement?
We had a guy shear off his TRG bolt handle in one of my Winter LR courses on Day 1. He might be a forum member here. Former 10th Mountain Division guy I first ran into at Sniper Adventure Challenge in 2013. I’ve shot TRG22s in .308 Win and TRG .338 LMs quite a bit in Finland, in much colder conditions. I do remember several of my Finnish friends mentioning that their confidence in the quality of the rifles went way down with the Beretta merger.Tikka is a rifle made to a price point with resultant tradeoffs. It happens to be one of the best of that breed, but is still an inexpensive, and inexpensively made, rifle.
They are very smooth and accurate, but at $2500 you are getting into TRG territory. TRG looks similar, but is a different animal entirely.
We had a guy shear off his TRG bolt handle in one of my Winter LR courses on Day 1. He might be a forum member here. Former 10th Mountain Division guy I first ran into at Sniper Adventure Challenge in 2013. I’ve shot TRG22s in .308 Win and TRG .338 LMs quite a bit in Finland, in much colder conditions. I do remember several of my Finnish friends mentioning that their confidence in the quality of the rifles went way down with the Beretta merger.
Handed him a loaner Surgeon 18” .308 IIRC.
Ummmm... send them that link to Midwest gun works LOL. In stockUPDATE: Gunsmithing LTD came back and stated that Tikka bolts are on national back order (hmm...... ) and will be about a month before they get a new bolt in.
Something tells me if LRI is making replacement bolts for the Tikka, there have been more than two failures.
Gents, I had no issue with accuracy, it was amazing (especially coming off from Rem 700), was getting 1/3 MOA consistently, but was certainly not expecting this shit.
As far as what is stuck (several people PMed me concerned...)
It's a sized, unprimed case, with a bullet just started in the case mouth, was trying to determine OAL to lands (and yes, I'm aware that hornady has a tool to do this, and I own it, but I don't have a special 6.5 cartridge for it)
Thanks will give it a try this weekend with my other 6.5A size "L" drill bit and a 5/16-36 tap will get you all the cartridge cases you want to fit the Hornady comparator. I haven't bought a case since I got the tap...
That's an expensive mistake. You can order a new bolt. There is no fixing that without botching the dovetail. I think a new bolt is like 275.00 or something crazy like that. I have a T3x also, and love it. I wouldn't deal with Berretta for the warranty though. This is not a warranty repair, so just buy a new bolt.
Should not be a difficult job for a competent TIG welder.
Its very likely it will headspace correctly.Which one of "us" are you referring to - there are 2 distinct issues, one is the dropped bolt, another is stuck bolt with a dummy round. The other issue is - if I got a new bolt, it doesn't mean that rifle would headspace correctly (it's possible, but not guaranteed)
Fuuuuuuuuck. That sucks man. Really does.UPDATE - 6 months later.... still waiting on Tikka repair.... NO ETA
Tikka is a rifle made to a price point with resultant tradeoffs. It happens to be one of the best of that breed, but is still an inexpensive, and inexpensively made, rifle.
They are very smooth and accurate, but at $2500 you are getting into TRG territory. TRG looks similar, but is a different animal entirely.
Might be time to just call LRI and get a replacement bolt....UPDATE - 6 months later.... still waiting on Tikka repair.... NO ETA
Yes, seriously considering itMight be time to just call LRI and get a replacement bolt....
Oh wow ... That's not encouraging. I dropped mine off at the shop to get welded. Think I should not go that route. I know he wasnt goin to get to it for awhile so I can prob just get it back.I had the weld done, however it held for only about 50 rounds. I bought LRI bolt after and sold the gun.
I researched what the bolt was made of and they used that metal. 416 stainless? I believe. It's worked perfectly since.Well add me to the list of people who have had this happen. Not sure what happened...if someone knocked it over or the wind was heavy but the gun ended up the ground from the shooting bench. The range requires us to have the actions open so derp.
Curious how the tig welded bolt has worked for clcustom1911, Also what type of material did they tig weld it with? My local place quoted me $80-100 to tig weld it. Not sure if I should go that route or just buy the LRI replacement.
I researched what the bolt was made of and they used that metal. 416 stainless? I believe. It's worked perfectly since.
I'm a lefty. So I had no choice but to weld. Lefty replacement bolts aren't a thing from anywhere.
You can still get weld distortion tig welding. I would think it was more the welder and less the fact it was a tig welded.Welp, in case this happens to anyone else. Tig welding does not always seem to work, or maybe the guy I took it to messed up, or maybe it got damaged in the drop, but either way the bolt handle no longer slides into the dovetail. Looks like the geometry of everything to warped or slightly off angle.
Callin it a loss at this point and just buying a bolt from LRI
yeah, possibly. Either way what's done is done and not gonna dwell. Maybe should have brought it to a gunsmith or something.You can still get weld distortion tig welding. I would think it was more the welder and less the fact it was a tig welded.
Negative, Ghost Rider.Welp, in case this happens to anyone else. Tig welding does not always seem to work, or maybe the guy I took it to messed up, or maybe it got damaged in the drop, but either way the bolt handle no longer slides into the dovetail. Looks like the geometry of everything to warped or slightly off angle.
Callin it a loss at this point and just buying a bolt from LRI
lol I think he mentioned already that he sold the gun offNegative, Ghost Rider.
After the TIGing, I had to use a hand grinder to clear the center passage, and used different shaped needle files in the slot where the bolt slides into.
Make it work, you got this shit.
I did would not buy another Tikka, but the process of cleaning up the welds is the same. Below is the picture of my rewelded and cleaned up bolt.lol I think he mentioned already that he sold the gun off
LRI sent me a picture of my fleuted new bolt so that's nice
I did would not buy another Tikka, but the process of cleaning up the welds is the same. Below is the picture of my rewelded and cleaned up bolt.
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Yup. 100% no issues.