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<blockquote data-quote="jaybo" data-source="post: 1260162" data-attributes="member: 46742"><p>You have gotten some very good advice so far and let me add a little to it or just share my limited experience. I wanted a 300wm but I like Sako plus McMillan stocks. I did not want to pay the money for a Sako 85 Finnlite then another 5 to 600 dollars for a stock. I went with the Tikka T3 SS and put it in a McMillan Sako hunter stock that comes with bedding pillars already installed. Changed the bottom from plastic to aluminum so I could torque it all the way to 60 inch pounds. With the plastic, anything over 30 would bind the magazine. I do not reload so finding a bullet that each rifle shots well can be fun. I experimented with it and was close to what I wanted with Federal 180 gr trophy bonded tip but still was not satisfied. I hadn't glass bedded it because when I first put it in the new stock it was such a tight fit I thought it is not going to move. Well I took it all down again, got out my dremal tool and ground the fiberglass down around the recoil lug, pillars, and rear screw. When it was complete it no longer liked the 180 gr Federal but shoots Nosler 200 gr accubond at around 3/8 inch groups. The 200 grain bullet is what I wanted to shoot out of it to begin with so needless to say I am happy with it. As I said, I have limited experience, but with this particular rifle, it shoots better but with a different bullet. </p><p></p><p> I have also seen videos on the net where they ground down the aluminum bedding block and glass bedded over it. If you reload, I would be willing to bet you could improve accuracy by bedding then tweaking your load if necessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaybo, post: 1260162, member: 46742"] You have gotten some very good advice so far and let me add a little to it or just share my limited experience. I wanted a 300wm but I like Sako plus McMillan stocks. I did not want to pay the money for a Sako 85 Finnlite then another 5 to 600 dollars for a stock. I went with the Tikka T3 SS and put it in a McMillan Sako hunter stock that comes with bedding pillars already installed. Changed the bottom from plastic to aluminum so I could torque it all the way to 60 inch pounds. With the plastic, anything over 30 would bind the magazine. I do not reload so finding a bullet that each rifle shots well can be fun. I experimented with it and was close to what I wanted with Federal 180 gr trophy bonded tip but still was not satisfied. I hadn't glass bedded it because when I first put it in the new stock it was such a tight fit I thought it is not going to move. Well I took it all down again, got out my dremal tool and ground the fiberglass down around the recoil lug, pillars, and rear screw. When it was complete it no longer liked the 180 gr Federal but shoots Nosler 200 gr accubond at around 3/8 inch groups. The 200 grain bullet is what I wanted to shoot out of it to begin with so needless to say I am happy with it. As I said, I have limited experience, but with this particular rifle, it shoots better but with a different bullet. I have also seen videos on the net where they ground down the aluminum bedding block and glass bedded over it. If you reload, I would be willing to bet you could improve accuracy by bedding then tweaking your load if necessary. [/QUOTE]
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