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Setting up a new Tikka T3
@ 06:54 am (GMT) |
Robert McLeanGood Day,Got a screaming deal on a new Stainless Tikka T3 7mm for my son-inlaw. Not the T3X and that is why it was a screaming deal. He wanted a Tikka 7mm so that is what he got. Have the books and bought access to the first video and got to work. The very first thing after dissembling and cleaning is using some lanolin grease to coat the action. Sorry, no lanolin grease in Red Deer, Alberta. There is plenty of lanolin in the baby and momma care isle but none in the firearms care section... This is the Tikka with the aluminum block so I am leary of using the wrong thing and setting up a galvanic response instead of stopping one, and don't want something that will have issues with the plastic stock. Silicone grease was one recommendation but that was from a random locksmith, but I thought I might as well come back to the source. Any advice on substitutions would be helpful. Cheers. |
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@ 08:56 am (GMT) |
Nathan FosterRe: Setting up a new Tikka T3Hi Robert, regular axle grease is fine. A silicon grease can also work quite well but some can leave a white color residue, though this only effects looks, giving an odd sort of appearance. Petroleum jelly is also OK. |
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@ 09:13 am (GMT) |
Robert McLeanRe: Setting up a new Tikka T3Found it. I had to put in Anhydrous Lanolin before it anything would come up for around here. |
@ 11:40 am (GMT) |
Andrew MurrayRe: Setting up a new Tikka T3A pharmacy will often carry anhydrous lanolin if you ever get stuck again. |
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@ 01:35 pm (GMT) |
Robert McLeanRe: Setting up a new Tikka T3I had no idea. Have think outside the box more. On we go.Thanks for the patience guys... |
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@ 03:12 am (GMT) |
Robert McLeanRe: Setting up a new Tikka T3Finally found it in a store that supples soap making products. |
@ 11:14 am (GMT) |
Paul LevermanRe: Setting up a new Tikka T3Robert, you might also want to try a product called "Fluid Film". It is lanolin based aerosol grease (propane propellant, I think). It sets up much like the thick pale grease the car dealers use on the door hinges. Smells like sheep sweat. Works great for weatherproofing just about anything. |
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@ 07:01 am (GMT) |
Nathan FosterRe: Setting up a new Tikka T3Hi Paul, one of our readers sent me a can of fluid film a while back. While it is too heavy for use as a shoot over lube (basically a step heavier than Long Life / SP-350), it seems otherwise very good (I am still time testing). I now see that this is also available in NZ, not sure how common it is elsewhere. The spray I have is not as heavy as a regular grease or lanolin grease which works well if the rifle is seldom disassembled but it appears to be working well. The Fluid film website shows a range of products including heavy protective coatings which could prove very useful, much like Soft Seal / SP-400.Robert, I have not used straight lanolin grease as per soap making. It will be interesting to see how you get on. I would love to experiment with this in my home made decking oil which I also use on the wood of this house (was designed to have a natural board batten look). My current mix is 2.5lt boiled linseed to 1.5lt turpentine. To prevent mold, I take 50 grams of Stockholm tar (pine tar) and mix it with just enough thinners to break it down, then add to the turps, then add to the oil. The brew has to be done in this order to ensure the pine tar brakes down (I still think youngs gun oil had a pine tar component) If I had Lanolin on hand, I would probably also mix 'a handful' with a bit of thinners, then add to the turps, then add the thinned pine tar to the turps, then add all of this to the linseed. There is a very good Australian deck oil based on lanolin with excellent water repelling qualities. |
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@ 07:44 am (GMT) |
Robert McLeanRe: Setting up a new Tikka T3Also, I think it is important for those of us who use alot of brake cleaner, fouling remover and other things that are hard on our hands to remember that our wives like the soft touch some times and regular use of lanolin grease may have added benefit beyond the gun room. |
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@ 04:27 am (GMT) |
Robert McLeanRe: Setting up a new Tikka T3So here is how it is in the city.... Watched the Nathans T3 video, found all the right products to follow the instructions exactly and I am ready to shoot. The only range I can access is an indoor range. Nice range, nice people, reasonable price. The sticking point is the rule that you can't clean your gun outside your stall. The reason is that it is illegal to point a gun at anyone anytime, and with other people in the range that does not work. When you are in the range, you keep your gun pointed down range. Good law, good rule in the range and I agree, but it puts delays into the break-in.I have 3 guns including the new T3 7mm, a new CZ 455 varmint, which is following the same break-in plan, and my .270 which needs re-sighted. I am going with the day pass, 9 am to 9 pm, shooting one by one. I can only have one in the range at any time. Then go home and clean, then go back to do round 2 and so on ... and by the end of the day, if all goes as planned I should have 3 sighted in and ready to go guns... Insert wry grin here. Come on, it went great for Nathan in the video, it can happen for me X 3. I have a goal. Its a 50 yard range so to get around 1/2 inch groups on all three by the end of day should be attainable. I will have access to a good 100 yard range that extends to a 1000 yards later in the summer. I just want to get going. Wish me luck. |
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@ 09:54 am (GMT) |
Andrew MurrayRe: Setting up a new Tikka T3Best of luck. If you have trouble with the schedule don't stress. I am often stuck for ranges too but we get there. |
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