Tikka Grip Screw-in Assembly???

[5MilesBack]

I picked up a new Tikka on Sat from my FFL that I bought from EuroOptic. Yesterday I tried to change the grip to the pistol grip. When I tried to unscrew it, it was really tight. So I cranked on it until it was off. Unfortunately it must have been cross-threaded from the factory, and ended up pulling out the entire threaded brass sleeve that screws into the stock. So both the screw and the brass piece were stuck together in the original grip piece. The only way I could separate them was to use vice grips on the brass piece while unscrewing the screw.......which finally came out. But could totally tell that it was cross-threaded and now the brass insert piece was ruined from the vice grips.

Anybody know if a dealer would have the brass insert pieces, or where I could get one. I'd hate to "return the rifle" for a warranty fix for just this little thing. Thanks for any help or info.

 

[Axlrod]

Mcmaster Carr has a bunch. I have also seen them at Ace Hardware.

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[RancherJohn]

I picked up a new Tikka on Sat from my FFL that I bought from EuroOptic. Yesterday I tried to change the grip to the pistol grip. When I tried to unscrew it, it was really tight. So I cranked on it until it was off. Unfortunately it must have been cross-threaded from the factory, and ended up pulling out the entire threaded brass sleeve that screws into the stock. So both the screw and the brass piece were stuck together in the original grip piece. The only way I could separate them was to use vice grips on the brass piece while unscrewing the screw.......which finally came out. But could totally tell that it was cross-threaded and now the brass insert piece was ruined from the vice grips.

Anybody know if a dealer would have the brass insert pieces, or where I could get one. I'd hate to "return the rifle" for a warranty fix for just this little thing. Thanks for any help or info.

I have a factory T3x stock if you want it, one is painted and one is bare. I'll be down on the front range tomorrow I believe, or at the CPW meeting March 4 if you want to meet up. Or I can ship it if that's easier.

 

[K9kodi]

Would a nutsert work?

 

[Tahoe1305]

I have a factory T3x stock if you want it, one is painted and one is bare. I'll be down on the front range tomorrow I believe, or at the CPW meeting March 4 if you want to meet up. Or I can ship it if that's easier.

Do this. Pay him for his time and have the piece of mind it’s right.

 

[K9kodi]

I would as well

 

[AKM]

Call Tikka and see if they will send you the brass piece?

 

[5MilesBack]

I have a factory T3x stock if you want it, one is painted and one is bare. I'll be down on the front range tomorrow I believe, or at the CPW meeting March 4 if you want to meet up. Or I can ship it if that's easier.

Hey, I appreciate that. But this is the roughtech stock, would like to keep it that way. I sent Jake (EuroOptic) a PM to see if Tikka could send one, but will also try to find something locally out in town. It's like a 12 cent piece of threaded brass......I wouldn't think it would be too difficult to find, just need to get the length and both thread sizes right, but..........

 

[kpk]

Probably looking for a "rivet nut" or "blind hole nut". Or, just epoxy the grip on if it's the one you plan to stick with.

 

[BluMtn]

You will have a hard time just replacing the insert with the same size. In the process of taking the old one out by turning the screw you enlarged the hole it was sitting in. The original was "pressed in" and you turning it basically enlarged the hole. You can install the new one, but I would JB Weld it in.