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Recent content by upstate1985

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    NEW Tikka CTR groups and stiff bolt?

    Well after playing around with it and marking up a couple cases, it seems to be tight and making contact on the shoulder of the case. Is this normal, should I contact a smith?
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    NEW Tikka CTR groups and stiff bolt?

    OK, great feedback. Here is a few answers... 1. With an empty chamber there is no resistance, nice, smooth, and easy. 2. I tried a couple different boxes at the house. I must have gotten it backwards, its the premium hunting stuff that is stiff, not the cheap BTHP. 3. It is the stainless...
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    NEW Tikka CTR groups and stiff bolt?

    Put 60 rounds through my new Tikka CTR SS in .308 today. Three different boxes, three different loads. Below are two groups, with the smaller being my best of the day, and the larger with my worst. The larger group was with some random off the shelf BTHP, which the rifle did not love, but we...
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    New member, new rifle

    Greetings, New member here. I purchased a Tikka CTR SS in .308 recently and currently working on getting it set up. I got a quality sling, additional mags, and I am starting to buy up some ammo to see what it likes. I am waiting for a "MARK 5HD 3.6-18X44 M5C3 FFP PR1-MIL" to come back into...
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