Tikka T3 Lite Magazine recoil problem

[2much2loud]

Has anyone had an issue with the recoil flattening the polymer tips on the rounds in the magazine? Caliber is 300 Win Mag shooting 180 gr Hornady superformance sst.

Could this possibly be dangerous?
How do the flattened tips effect accuracy?
Is there a fix?
Thanks


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[2much2loud]

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[Dusty2426]

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Not dangerous unless in a tube magazine. Only fix would be to seat the bullets a tad deeper if you are a reloaded. Don’t think there is much room to work with magazine well. As far as accuracy. Yes it will have some affect. But not noticeable in a hunting situation. Maybe in a bench rest competition. I primarily shoot soft nose (partition) bullets and have shot some really banged up rounds at 400 yard 8inch gongs on our range and never bothers them in hunting Situations. I’ve even cut the tips with angle cutters just to see

 

[ST52v]

Are those hand loads? I would think the neck tension in factory ammunition would not do this. If they are hand loads, you could increase the neck tension. Either way not the best accuracy.

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[Low_Sky]

Are those hand loads? I would think the neck tension in factory ammunition would not do this. If they are hand loads, you could increase the neck tension. Either way not the best accuracy.

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Not a problem with neck tension. The front of the magazine is banging into the polymer tips and flattening them out thanks to inertia.

OP: they aren't dangerous. Shoot them like that and find out if they affect accuracy enough to bother you. I doubt they will.


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[Yellowknife]

That’s a problem in most if not all hard kicking magazine fed rifles. It’s worse with soft lead tips. Back in the day they made “protected point” and “mag-tip” bullets specifically for magnums that essentially had the tips cut off flat with the copper. Can still get some that way. The current Hornady .338 225 Interlock is one.

My .338 has actually broken a Barnes TTSX tip all the way off, but minor flattening like that will have zero effect in my experience unless you are shooting some pretty extreme ranges.




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[Bubblehide]

I don't have the OPs experience in my T3 300 WSM.

 

[thinhorn_AK]

Not dangerous unless in a tube magazine. Only fix would be to seat the bullets a tad deeper if you are a reloaded. Don’t think there is much room to work with magazine well. As far as accuracy. Yes it will have some affect. But not noticeable in a hunting situation. Maybe in a bench rest competition. I primarily shoot soft nose (partition) bullets and have shot some really banged up rounds at 400 yard 8inch gongs on our range and never bothers them in hunting Situations. I’ve even cut the tips with angle cutters just to see

I agree with everything you said but you can't start a sentence with "but".

 

[Dusty2426]

I agree with everything you said but you can't start a sentence with "but".

Your attention to detail is amazing. Thank you for noticing. If I accidentally hit space bar 2 times it drops a period and States a new sentence. Not so smart phone.

 

[mtnwrunner]

Man, if we started policing or grading grammar on rokslide...................I see a lot of failing grades.

Randy

 

[Laelkhunter]

No way to prevent the deformation in your bullet tips. The recoil causes the cartridges in the mag to slide forward quickly, and they are slamming into the front of the magazine. The only way I can think of is to load the rounds one at a time so none are in the magazine, but that is not practical for a hunting rifle. Save the ones with deformed tips for practice if you don't feel comfortable shooting them, but the accuracy isn't greatly affected by the deformed tip. Some say the tip is burned off by heat while the bullet is enroute to the target, so it isn't there anyway.
In a hunting situation, by the time you are shooting the second or third round (which would have deformed tips by then), you are shooting at a moving target for follow-up shots so extreme precision won't be in play anyway. I say, shoot the deformed ones without concern.

 

[danarnold]

I have same deal on my T3 300 WSM

 

[Gumbo]

Yes. I have two tikkas and it happens in both (7mm Rem Mag and 25-06). I have had Nosler Partitions deform like crazy and ballistic tips flatten like you have experienced and even had one blow off. I switched to Barnes TSX bullets for both and haven't looked back.

 

[Antlers]

May not be dangerous, but could cause cycling (chambering) problems in some rifles - that plastic edge could catch on the feed ramp/chamber connection - especially under a stressful reload.

 

[maninthemaze]

Try the Hornady bullets. Their tips feel more like acrylic vs soft plastic of the Nosler bullets. They might not deform as much. I definitely wouldn't trust that bullet much past 300 yards.

Just my 2 cents and worth the price charged.