Sorry that this is causing so many problems and extra magazine cost, etc. Could anyone tell me what is wrong with the Tikka stocks that so many are replaced?? Thanks.

Donor rifle actions now, getting as bad as Remington

I believe TexanTilIDie's tiny 600-yard group was with his factory stock. My T3x Varmint 223 has shot plenty of sub-.5MOA groups with the factory stock.

I disagree with Shaner that they're flimsy. I actually thought mine were pretty stiff for a factory stock, at least compared to the Savage I had before which flexed a good bit at times. I see barely any flex with a bipod up front in place of sand bags on my T3x stock.

Interested to hear the outcome of Chad's inspection.

Put down the crack pipe.

James-Buzz-the cat man-Skinner. That's gonna be you. You're getting cats.

A Tikka not feeding, with all OEM parts? First I've heard of it. I hope this is a moment when Chad looks at it, and has it corrected in 30 seconds. That kind of thing has hapened on my range several times. One of those "well, there's your problem right there!"

As far as the factory stock goes, I agree it's a want, not need thing. They're way better than the Tupperware stocks Savage ships. And I've seen lots of Tikkas shoot well in their factory stocks.

The T3 factory stock has a pressure point in contact with the barrel about 4" in front of the recoil lug. This is what makes the forearm seem rigid when using a bipod. It doesn't seem to affect accuracy until the barrel heats up. Also just so everyone knows, Budd's sells Tikka magazines for a lot less than Berretta does...

None of my 3 Tikkas have had this contact point. My two heavy barrel models did have to be sanded on the side about 1"-2" in front of the receiver to free float, but IIRC my T3 Lite was already free floated. Both heavy barrel models were free floated on the bottom.

Seems like something is wrong when people have to go sanding a factory stock to get the barrel adequately spaced from the stock. or go dropping washers between the action and the stock. And if this was on two rifles then it was most likely a common occurrence. JMO

I don't disagree at all. Both rifles were advertised by Tikka to be free-floated and neither was even close. Both stocks tapered considerably just past the receiver even though the heavy barrels didn't taper much.

Neither mod took more than 15 minutes fortunately, but I am starting to wonder about Tikka overall 'quality'. Of the 3 Tikkas I've had, 2 of them had very heavy triggers (crisp, but heavy). One of them was very light and crisp. A yo-dave trigger kit fixed the other two, but why is it so inconsistent? And now I'm finding that the mag follower on my 6.5 CTR will come out if you push the back end of the first round down too far...

I don't mind too much since the guns shoot lights out and the trigger replacement is like $10 and the action is incredibly smooth, but it does give me some pause on overall Tikka quality.