Hello from another FNG

[LingCod]

Good Evening Rokslide,

Not too sure where this post should go exactly because I haven’t said hello yet, and I’m also setting up this rifle based on the advice in this forum. Let’s start with degreasing some rings…

Full transparency, I had a pre-order in for the Marshall but some unexpected house costs came up so I had to cancel and then I told myself to quit being a bitch and to do it myself. (Tikka T3x Superlite 6.5 Creedmoor)

 

[LingCod]

Q-tips and alcohol for the win. More grease than I expected but got everything cleaned up pretty good.

 

[LingCod]

The action screws barely took any effort to unscrew and lo and behold look what I found in between the barrel and stock.

 

[LingCod]

This rifle has been shot around 50 times and used in the back country the past two hunting seasons. This last September I missed an opportunity of a lifetime after a rifle fall when I slipped on some shale. Lesson learned… That experience is what brought me to rokslide and the research began. Turns out I had multiple issues that were preventable.

 

[LingCod]

Before and after free floating. No doubt in my mind those leaves and sticks caused issues as well. Not anymore. This dremel bit worked well. I used the stock mold line as a reference and I took the material off almost to it. Finished things off with some finer sand paper and ended up pretty happy with it.

 

[LingCod]

No more hand tight action screws. 65 inch lbs and some pink paint pen for good measure.

 

[LingCod]

Here is how the free float turned out after the action was torqued back to the stock.