Need help for my new Tikka T3!

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I was desperate and fired off the following email to Stoeger Canada. But perhpas some GunNutz can offer me instant help!

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I just purchased a brand new Tikka T3 Lite SS (serial no. 467754), dry-fired a couple of times with snap caps, removed the bolt but could not replace it!

I think I know what the problem is but could not fix it on my own. The bolt must have been somehow "decocked" while it was removed, and as a result the cocking piece (a strip of protruding metal about 2mm x 2cm at the opposite end of the 2 lugs) on the bolt did not line up with the rail on the receiver.

The question is how to #### the bolt outside of the receiver so that the cocking piece will be rotated backed to the position of directly facing downward when the bolt is inserted into the receiver, and would thus slide into the receiver's rail.

I read the section on Bolt Disassembly section in the owner's manual but there offfers no help.

Please help!
 
Strange! 3rd time in 2 months (including myself :p )

I have a similar problem as yours weeks ago...Good folks of Accuracy Plus (Thank you Mark and Jeff) in Peterbo fixed it for me. Actually, all you need to do is unplug the plastic shroud by a screw driver (no lock/lug or anything will be broken, just becareful not to scatch it, it's plastic after all ) then turn the internal part clockwise (as instructed in the manual ) back to the locking position, and re-plug the shround back in position.
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I think what you are describing happened to me also as I was fiddling around with the bolt when I frist got my T3. I took it to my local gunsmith and he took a wooden ruler and, holding firmly, he used the edge of the ruler to pull bakc on that cocking indicator until it was back in position. If you turn the bolt over and look on the underside you can see there is a sloped edge that the bold handle rotates. This may help
 
Same thing happened to me with my first rifle, a Tula TOZ-78... I accidentally decocked the bolt when it was removed... It took me a while to figure out that I had to manually #### it again (by twising the cocking frame on the bolt itself to it's cocked position)... But I've heard of a lot of people having that problem with T3s, apparently there's that plastic piece that blocks the cocking frame...

Anyhow, best bet is to try and twist & align the cocking frame's protruding slide with the bolt arm since these will both have to enter the groove in the receiver and therefore need to be aligned... Careful, doesn't always mean that your bolt is cocked though, you might have to twist it counterclockwise, push the piece forward, then twist is back (forcing just a little) to it's aligned position, and only then will it be cocked...

Hope this helps...
 
Draconian said:
I was desperate and fired off the following email to Stoeger Canada. But perhpas some GunNutz can offer me instant help!

> > > > >

I just purchased a brand new Tikka T3 Lite SS (serial no. 467754), dry-fired a couple of times with snap caps, removed the bolt but could not replace it!

I think I know what the problem is but could not fix it on my own. The bolt must have been somehow "decocked" while it was removed, and as a result the cocking piece (a strip of protruding metal about 2mm x 2cm at the opposite end of the 2 lugs) on the bolt did not line up with the rail on the receiver.

The question is how to #### the bolt outside of the receiver so that the cocking piece will be rotated backed to the position of directly facing downward when the bolt is inserted into the receiver, and would thus slide into the receiver's rail.

I read the section on Bolt Disassembly section in the owner's manual but there offfers no help.

Please help!
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It happened to me too. I used a small vise to de-#### it. Just put the flat
rectangular piece in vise and move the bolt's handle. It moves easily in vise
but it is impossible to do by hand.
 
Thank you to all you CGNer's who responded to my desperate cry for help. To its credit, Stoeger Canada did send me an email this morning (see below). But you beat Stoeger to it. For your information, in the end of the day, using a wooden ruler to force the cocking piece straight back worked for me.

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Smith [mailto:psmith@stoegercanada.ca]
Sent: October 11, 2006 9:08 AM
To: Mok, Shu-Yan (TCU)
Subject: RE: Need quick help with my new Tikka T3 Lite SS


THE EASIEST WAY IS TO LIGHTLY CLAMP THE BACK 1/2 OF THE COCKING PIECE IN A VICE WITH THE BOLT HORIZONTAL AND FACING YOU. PULL THE BOLT BODY TOWARDS YOU AS FAR AS YOU CAN THEN ROTATE IT CLOCKWISE A SHORT DISTANCE UNTIL THE COCKING PIECE RESTS IN THE TINY RETAINING NOTCH.

PETER
 
Wow. I have 3 T3's and it has not happened to me yet. Not too difficult to re #### though.

I've had this happen with a sako and a Browning A-Bolt in the past. I just used the edge of the bench and pushed down and turned.
 
Hey guys just bringing up an old thread here but I had the same problem with my t3 last weekend hunting. The bolt became decocked and I couldn't get it in the receiver. I used some pliers to pull the cocking piece into its notch so I could put the bolt back in the receiver. I then went for a walk hunting with a round in the chamber, and the safety on. The bolt was still cocked, the red dot on the cocking piece on the back of the bolt was visible. I didn't see anything in a 2 hour hike, so I went back to the truck. In order to clear the chamber I needed to take the safety off, when I pushed the safety off the rifle fired, I didn't hit the trigger. Scared the s**t out of me. Made me paranoid about the gun too. Now I notice there's a hairline crack on the plastic bolt shroud on the back of the bolt. Not sure if that would have anything to do with what happened, but I'm not sure what happened there. I've never had a problem with this gun, had it for a few years with no hickups. Anyone got any thoughts on this??
 
Please see below for a Youtube posting by some guy on how to strip down & reassemble Tikka bolts.
I hope this helps.

[video=youtube;wcu2zOfX6V0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wcu2zOfX6V0[/video]
 
Stoeger Canada has been absolutely exceptional lately. I am having them take a look at my benelli and they are nothing but eager to help and assist. It's so nice to be able to rely on good customer service with everything that's happening in the gun world lately. If only savage would get their act together.
 
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