Bartlein #3 in a tikka lite stock

[brocksw]

Anyone got this barrel to fit in a factory Tikka lite stock?

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[eLightfoot]

My buddy had one put on, I had to open up the barrel channel for him.

 

[brocksw]

My buddy had one put on, I had to open up the barrel channel for him.

How much? Giant pain or pretty quick and easy?

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[eLightfoot]

it wasn't a lot. it will depend on how much shank the smilth leaves on. if you make sure its cut and threaded in the sweet spot closest to matching the factory contour its not a ton. Opening up the factory plastic stock is probably a pain. He bought a Boyds laminate and it was easy to open up with nothing more than a 3/4" sanding drum on a cordless drill.

 

[mtnwrunner]

Exact same barrel I am running in my tikka, 6.5 x 284. No problems.

Randy

 

[OutdoorAg]

Opening up the factory plastic stock is probably a pain

I've opened up a T3 stock. Not too bad. I went with this route.

1) Blue painters tape on the underside of the barrel
2) Cut heavy grit sand paper into strips
3) Sit barreled action into stock
4) Slide strips of sand paper between the barrel and the stock, grit side down towards the stock.
5) Slide strips back and forth, using the contour of the barrel as the guide to re-countour the stock.

It takes time and is slower going than using sand paper around sockets, but I've had success getting larger barrels to float in the T3. Current project is dropping a CTR barreled action into a T3. Almost there.