Do you have access to a press and a .270 resizing die?
I do not. And all the guys I know that reload, don't own .270s
I don't think it's a headspace issue, I bet chamber diameter under tolerance. He said it didn't mark the neck and shoulder on anything he tested, and the issue is repeatable among 6 different brands of ammo.
I agree but there’s a thread about a Fierce rifle, 1/2 MOA guarantee, that had all sorts of problems. Just because it’s supposed to be fired doesn’t mean it was.
You have not yet fired the rifle? Brass fired from another rifle may not fit the chamber if it is not properly and full length resized.
This is true. If you are testing with fired brass, it needs to have been fired in your rifle.
Still under warranty? I would take it back to the place I bought it from:
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I did. I took it back to sportsmans and they sent it in to tikka and that's when they shaved the bolt head and it did nothing.Still under warranty? I would take it back to the place I bought it from:
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I did not know this. That's good to know. I'm gonna have to shoot it. I just thought that if worst came to worst and it had to be replaced that it might be better if it were unfired.
Tikka should have fired it at the factory. When you cleaned the bore you should have taken out some fouling. What I do when I buy a new rifle is to ask the gun shop if they have a snap cap that I can use to test out function of the rifle. Some do and some don’t. The T3 lite .270 that I bought they gave me a snap cap. Now I buy the dummy rounds (snap caps) from Amazon to checkout the rifle when I buy it, and to practice trigger pull. The snap caps aren’t good enough to check headspace or the chamber, but they test out the bolt, feeding and extraction well enough.
He said he attempted to chamber 6 different kinds of ammo, with the same result. He also said he doesn't reload, and none of his friends that do, have 270 dies.
I'd try this as well. But make sure to REMOVE the firing pin.
Apparently he took someone’s advice and used a fired case from his other .270.
Don’t pull apart a T3 bolt unless you know how to do it. Use a dummy round, they are cheap. Don’t fire the rifle either, you could damage the action and/or yourself...I would take it back to where I bought it from and have them check it out. From the description given, Your firearm is not safe to shoot until you find the issue.
Exactly. No one should own a firearm if they are incapable of servicing their firing pin assembly.
Yea it’s simple if you know how to do it. There is no reason to mess with a Tikka bolt unless you shoot hundreds of rounds a year and you want to clean the firing pin. But you still wouldn’t need to. The bolt doesn’t need lubrication because it is designed to be a dry bolt.
