Ruger KM77 Mark II or Tikka T3

popcan said:
...that's only because you have hams for fists.....



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on the other hand, I've seen what you can do with a paring knife and those little teeny tomatoes! :eek:

I say go for it!;)
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Food is different..i can turn a tomato or a radish into a flower,,,

I can buld a house, rebuild an engine, but teeny stuff lik e triggers...SCARY!!!:D
 
I had feeding problems with the 2 t3"s I've owned. One was a 243 and the other a 308. Both had the same problem. When I went to feed the shell into the chamber, the front of the bullet would catch the bottom of the chamber and actually take a bit of the softpoint off, or put a good "bend" in the soft part of the bullet. I tried all kinds of softpoints and the answer was the same. I tried different mags and the same occured. Also took the mags apart and couldn't get it fixed. Took them to a gunsmith and his answer was simply, "get rid of it". A friend of mine had the same problem with his 22-250 and his 270.
 
willy11 said:
I had feeding problems with the 2 t3"s I've owned. One was a 243 and the other a 308. Both had the same problem. When I went to feed the shell into the chamber, the front of the bullet would catch the bottom of the chamber and actually take a bit of the softpoint off, or put a good "bend" in the soft part of the bullet. I tried all kinds of softpoints and the answer was the same. I tried different mags and the same occured. Also took the mags apart and couldn't get it fixed. Took them to a gunsmith and his answer was simply, "get rid of it". A friend of mine had the same problem with his 22-250 and his 270.
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First I have heard of it. I have three T3's and know many others who also own them.
 
Just curious, and not trying to be a wise-ass... but with all the complaints about the plastic parts and toy-like qualities of the T3, does anyone have any stories of them breaking, or not being reliable
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Well, it was my fault, (kind of, but that story is too long right now) I had a M595 in the 17 rem. that i was loading for. i was within maximum load according to my manual when i punctured a primer and was hit in the face by plastic shrapnel from the bolt shroud. the rifle still worked, but had it not been plastic, it would not have busted, the gas would have vented proper and i wouldn't have had a welt on my face (fortunately that was all. i happened to be wearing shooting glasses. The tikka people were real nice, and sent me a new one for free, but it still pissed me off enough to sell the gun once fixed. There is a plastic failure story for you. Oh yeah, and if you want a tikka, price out the replacement mags, you may get sticker shock! And i must also add, i have never owned a ruger that wouldnt shoot (4 of them so far, but all pleased me)
 
That would have pissed me off to no end!!! Likely, it was a handloaded ammunition problem, but still...I've had o pound the bolt open on more than one factory cartridge, leading me to believe the factory doesn't always get it right, either.

In the event of a failure, the last thing I want to be depending on is a piece of plastic.:)
 
todbartell said:
got any pictures of groups? :rockOn:
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I have a couple of mine... non on 'targets targets' though..

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Theres 8 shots in there, two shooters. The two flyers were mine :(
150 yards, they were just under an inch the main group.
 
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Gatehouse, the kicker is the bolt opened fairly easily. The primer just ruptured. When i talked to the tikka rep, he told me that euro chambers are cut tighter than North American ones, this was likely the main contributing factor to the incident, that and the 17 rem is a finniky ##### to load for.
 
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