is your t3 free floated?

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savagelh

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I recently acquired a t3 lite ss in 308 and I'm very impressed with it so far. Well under moa with my first reloads. The literature says it is free floated but I can only get a piece of paper to slide about 4-5" under the barrel. It doesn't seem to affect accuracy but my ocd side says I should sand it out until its totally free floated. Advice?
 
I know how you feel but.......if it't shooting " well under " moa I would leave it ......for most applications that's very good .....you didnT mention if it was for competition, recreation or hunting.......I have learned from previous mistakes that if it aint broke dont fix it......
 
recreation/hunting. I've been shooting at 200-300 yards. I plan on 400-500. My scope won't allow for an accurate hold-over at those ranges. On boxing day I shot a 2" group at 300 and a 1.25" group at 200 so I guess I should just leave it alone.
 
if ya wanna tinker......purchase a " project gun "........enjoy the one you got, there are people out there that would luv to shoot under moa with their hunting/recreation firearm ......i encourage you to learn from my mistakes ....lol.......just my 2 cents !
 
savagelh said:
recreation/hunting. I've been shooting at 200-300 yards. I plan on 400-500. My scope won't allow for an accurate hold-over at those ranges. On boxing day I shot a 2" group at 300 and a 1.25" group at 200 so I guess I should just leave it alone.
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Honest if it is shooting this well leave it alone!
 
Only the wood stocked T3's are free floated. The synthetic T3's and the Sako A7's have two little barrel pillars in the stock.

But with that kind of accuracy....... Leave it alone.
 
Tupperware stocks should not be free-floated unless you stiffen the forend, otherwise your barrel will be bouncing off the forend with every shot. This is why factories build in a little pressure spot on those Tupperware stocks. Sometimes the pressure spot works (as in your case) and sometimes it doesn't.

As others have said, with anything around 1 m.o.a., leave your rifle alone! If you want to practice bedding and free-floating (something well worth learning if you are serious about shooting), buy an old Mauser, Savage or the like with a WOODEN stock from the EE and go to town over the winter months.
 
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