Never hear of Sniper's Hide. Found it today. Looking through their classified ads and found a T3 CTR take-off stock with the bottom metal and mag. Is my T3 Lite action a drop-in fit with the CTR mag, bottom metal, and stock?

How many range sessions have you had so far with it? What are you seeing?

Yes. The CTR bottom metal and trg magazine is great too.

2-3" groups and some 4"? It took 5 rounds to have mine zeroed and touched holes after that. I find it hard to believe it shot 2-4" groups. If so it's not the gun I can assure you. I find it even harder to believe it went from 2-4" groups to 1" groups because you put 60 rounds through it. Interesting.

You should go through a few more range sessions before replacing anything. CTR mags are for 308 win and 260 Rem and they cost $150 a piece.

Range report - Took it out today. Shot about 60 rounds before it settled in. Probably 2"-3" groups until then. Only shot two groups after that point due to time, and both were about 1" or a hair less. In the first 60 rounds, POI seemed to be shifting around and flyers were all over the place. Once the barrel was fouled up, I started waiting 15-20 seconds between shots for cool-down, and I focused on a good trigger pull, then it really started improving.

No real difference in accuracy between the 55 grain hornady match steel or the 68 grain hornady match ammo. Will have 75 grain match steel in next time I go out, so I'll try all 3 against one another. Stock and trigger were comfortable. Scope was great. Need a stock pack, but I'll work that into the birthday list. Hoping for sub-MOA groups next time out.

just curious, are you letting the barrel cool after 3-5 rounds?

I don't know how much you saved buying the T3 over the T3X but it wasn't worth it if you didn't like the stock and wanted a vertical grip. The T3X has a modular stock and a vertically grip is $22.

http://www.berettausa.com/en-us/t3x-vertical-pistol-grip-t3x-pistol-grip/s54067116/

On the trigger being heavy, mine was a little heavy on a recent CTR. I backed it off a little to probably to 3.5 lbs.

Patriot,

I don't know about the T3X because I've never shopped them. My CTR was more of an impulse buy at Cabelas with $100 off and $160 in Cabela dollars.

With regard to the barrel.

A lot depends on the barrel thickness and the outside temp. Light barrels heat up faster. I try to take 60 seconds between shots with the bolt open between shots to cool the barrel. Once the barrel gets hot to the touch, it's good to let it cool for 15 minutes.

I have a Kimber and Savage Lightweight and they pencil barrels so i really need to watch them closely or they will start stringing.

On thin barrels, I'll shoot 3, maybe four, as quickly as I please. Then let it cool.

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we have two T3 Lites and they don't string shots. We generally either switch rifles or let the one we're using cool for 15-20 minutes between groups. It's frustrating to wait, but you're wasting time unless you do.

Some people have to make their own mistakes to believe.

On thin barrels, I'll shoot 3, maybe four, as quickly as I please. Then let it cool.

One trick of the trade to speed up the cool down process is to keep a chamois in a cooler of ice water. After the shot string, wring it out and lay it over the barrel, ran all the way up to the action, for about 5 minutes, it'll help soak up the heat. Remove it, place it back in the cooler and go again.

And don't let anyone tell you it'll crack or otherwise damage the steel. You cannot get it hot enough to do that, and your not quinching it in a tub of water.