Thread: Re-barreling an old Tikka M76

I got a L55 .243 for my grandson that has got a Rem barrel. It was done by the Duley's gun smith.

Originally Posted by Tahr

I got a L55 .243 for my grandson that has got a Rem barrel. It was done by the Duley's gun smith.

If it's the one I heard about, it's actually a Tikka barrel with a spacer. Came for H Bay?

I purchased a m76 .308 which was well used and with a very worn barrel a few years ago. It shot fairly poor groups first time to the range. I checked it over more closely and noticed the rifling in the last cm looked particularly erroded and uneven in wear. I cutoff 1.5 to 2 cm with a hack saw and then squared up with a file and dimond file, rounded off the inside of the lands at the muzzle with a ball bearing and fine emery paper. Back to the range and it was deadly accurate with the same ammo.They seem to be well made barrels even back then. The bedding on these old rifles could well need re-doing after decades of being the wood being compressed.
Cheers.

Hi i purchased a old M76 in 308 with a worn barrel that didn't group well at all.However after cutting off 1.5cm off with a hacksaw, squared up the end with a file and finished up, it was shooting tight groups with the same ammo.The end of the barrel was particularly worn when checked with a magnifying glass.They can still shoot nicely while well worn.
Cheers

Sorry I'm new to posting stuff n didn't realise my post was on page 2, so did it again more or less cheers

Originally Posted by Tahr

I got a L55 .243 for my grandson that has got a Rem barrel. It was done by the Duley's gun smith.

It’s a tikka barrel with a spacer in front of it.