Tikka not meeting expectations

pbonura said:
Never seen a tikka that could not shoot. I would keep trying.
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My friend bought a T3 ss/syn in .300WSM and the thing WILL NOT SHOOT. I even took it for him, mounted one of my own scopes (done MY WAY) re-torqued the action bolts, cleaned the barrel thoroughly. Then loaded up 120 rounds (3 different bullets, 3 different powders, and varied the seating depth of the bullets. The rifle had groups from 3.5" up to 6" at 100 yards. No matter what I tried , including using a lead sled AND trying a two point sandbag (front and rear), I just couldn't get his gun to shoot. I have to admit, he just ended up with a stinker. The difference between Tikka and Remington is that Tikka makes a stinker every 100,000 guns, while Remington makes one every OTHER gun.
 
Boomer said:
I wonder how you're holding this thing on the bench; are you holding the forend, or just letting it free recoil off the front bag? If you're just resting the forend, try supporting it with your nonshooting hand between the forend and the bag, adding a bit of rearward pressure with it.
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I had a similar discussion with a friend a couple weeks ago.

I recently got a 6.5lb scoped 358Win done up. My heavy work schedule this spring has kept from shooting so I've only had it to the range one, fired about 30x with one bullet/three powders combos. It was a bit of a handful with 250gr full loads and groups were a bit disappointing. There was a fair bit of muzzle flip with the bbl almost jumping off the front rest at the shot. I wondered in the discussion if holding the forend on a sandbag would improve groups.

Thoughts?
 
SuperCub said:
I had a similar discussion with a friend a couple weeks ago.

I recently got a 6.5lb scoped 358Win done up. My heavy work schedule this spring has kept from shooting so I've only had it to the range one, fired about 30x with one bullet/three powders combos. It was a bit of a handful with 250gr full loads and groups were a bit disappointing. There was a fair bit of muzzle flip with the bbl almost jumping off the front rest at the shot. I wondered in the discussion if holding the forend on a sandbag would improve groups.

Thoughts?
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It wouldn't hurt, and with a small rifle exhibiting energetic recoil, if you can sit lower so you shoot with your back straighter, with the forend supported by your non-shooting hand, muzzle flip is reduced, the recoil will come straight back, and won't seem quite as violent. Did you use both front and rear bags?

As you can see, I don't follow my own advice . . .
 
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The Tikkas usually shoot well, but they make a stinker once in a while, too.

I had a 338 Win Mag that I finally sold in disgust. Spent too many hours trying to get acceptable results.

My present 338, a Weatherby Vanguard S2, is a tack driver, that makes me happy every time I take it out.

Glad you got your issues sorted out OP.

Regards, Dave.
 
Boomer said:
It wouldn't hurt, and with a small rifle exhibiting energetic recoil, if you can sit lower so you shoot with your back straighter, with the forend supported by your non-shooting hand, muzzle flip is reduced, the recoil will come straight back, and won't seem quite as violent. Did you use both front and rear bags?
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I did use a front rest like yours and rear bag. I learned yrs ago with my 375s to try to sit the rifle up higher off the bench in order to sit straight. It helps a lot.

My question was more directed to find if a different shooting style with a light recoiler would aid in accuracy.
 
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