Tikka T3X/Bell and Carlson Stock

[Kearnsie14]

I recently bought a Tikka T3X in .30-06 and didn’t like the feel of the factory stock. I bought a Bell and Carlson stock and attempted to swap out the factory stock for it. It fit fine but I found that when I attempted to re-attach the bottom metal the Tikka factory screws were too short and wouldn’t catch the threads. Obviously no issues on screw length with the factory stock. I called B&C and after some discussion they simply said that this sometimes happens on rare occasions and that I should call Tikka, presumably to see if they can give me longer screws. Has anybody run into this issue? I tried the search function and didn’t see anything on point. Apologies if this has already been discussed.

 

[SticksMcKinley]

I've not experienced that problem, but you might try Mountain Tactical. Tikkas are their specialty and I've had a good experience with their customer service.

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[VikingsGuy]

Be sure that you don’t have the stock resting on top of the goofy little recoil bar built into the stock - very easy to do and not know. Also, if using plastic original trigger guard make sure the little plastic alignment spike on the front isn’t proud with the b&c inlet. Just snap it off and sand it down if it is.

I did end up with screws that could only catch 2 threads a while back when I combined b&c stock with mountain tactical bottom metal (tolerance stacking). After poking around I did find some black hardened matching thread bolts longer than I needed and ground them to fit. A pain, but it worked perfectly.

 

[Kearnsie14]

Be sure that you don’t have the stock resting on top of the goofy little recoil bar built into the stock - very easy to do and not know. Also, if using plastic original trigger guard make sure the little plastic alignment spike on the front isn’t proud with the b&c inlet. Just snap it off and sand it down if it is.

I did end up with screws that could only catch 2 threads a while back when I combined b&c stock with mountain tactical bottom metal (tolerance stacking). After poking around I did find some black hardened matching thread bolts longer than I needed and ground them to fit. A pain, but it worked perfectly.

Yes, I noticed that plastic mold spike too. I cut that off with some nail cutters and sanded that down. That’s good advice regarding the screws. I’ll probably just look around to see if I can find longer matching screws anywhere. Thanks!

 

[Dougfirtree]

Be sure that you don’t have the stock resting on top of the goofy little recoil bar built into the stock - very easy to do and not know. Also, if using plastic original trigger guard make sure the little plastic alignment spike on the front isn’t proud with the b&c inlet. Just snap it off and sand it down if it is.

I did end up with screws that could only catch 2 threads a while back when I combined b&c stock with mountain tactical bottom metal (tolerance stacking). After poking around I did find some black hardened matching thread bolts longer than I needed and ground them to fit. A pain, but it worked perfectly.

I had the same experience, but for me, breaking off the little spike fixed it.

 

[nrpate05]

I had the same experience, but for me, breaking off the little spike fixed it.

I have the same rifle. T3x 30/06 and had to break off the little spike to make the B&C fit. Works fine now.

 

[tikkaman]

Same here on my 308.