I purchased a Tikka Superlite stainless 223, bought a EH1-TK from @REDVANES and High Desert Rifleworks bottom metal. Reassembled the rifle and finally shot it this past weekend. It would horizontally string the rounds, left to right as I fired, 4 rounds POI moved 2". I stopped, shot the X-Bolt 223. Shot the 6.5 PRC. Decided to look over everything on the Tikka, could not figure it out. I removed the barreled action to verify it was seated and not moving. On reassembly, I noticed the bolt handle would move slightly as I torqued the action screws, the bolt was contacting the stock slightly. Bagged it up and once home I removed less than .005" material and it cleared, plan on removing a bit more and sealing the notch. My plan is to clear the notch, bed the action and head back to the range with the same ammo and two of the benchmark factory loads I use to eliminate myself from the problem, factory loaded Lapua 69gr Scenar-L match and factory loaded 69gr FGMM SMKs.
My question is, would this minimal amount of interference cause the stringing? I know it's not contributing to accuracy.
My question is, would this minimal amount of interference cause the stringing? I know it's not contributing to accuracy.