{"id":3244,"date":"2018-06-27T17:27:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T17:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tacticalworks.com\/tacticalblog\/?p=3244"},"modified":"2018-06-27T17:27:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T17:27:24","slug":"tikka-t3-bolt-handles-bolt-shrouds-by-sterk-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tacticalworks.com\/tacticalblog\/tikka-t3-bolt-handles-bolt-shrouds-by-sterk-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Tikka T3 Bolt Handles &#038; Bolt Shrouds by Sterk Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tikka T3 owners, if you are looking to upgrade your rifle with parts that offer a superior fit and finish, look no further. You are going to want to get your hands on a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tacticalworks.com\/Sterk\/\"><strong> Sterk Shooting<\/strong> bolt handle<\/a> and bolt shroud. Manufactured in Australia with painstaking care in small batches and now available at Tactical Works, Inc. Each handle and shroud are tested on 2 Tikka bolts after they are CNC&#8217;d to track tolerances and any tool wear. Each bolt handle is bent by hand and then hand polished, even if it gets Cerakoted, to remove all machine marks.<\/p>\n<p>The bolt handles are available in <strong>Swept Ball, Pineapple, and Grooved<\/strong> style.&nbsp; The shrouds are available in 2 styles: <strong>Gen1<\/strong> and the new <strong>Gen2 &#8220;Wasp&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Swept Ball are a CNC machined Stainless shaft and Aluminum ball, cerakoted black. These weigh in at 49.2 grams compared to the factory handle at 41 grams.<\/p>\n<p>The Pineapple and Grooved handles and the Bolt Shrouds are CNC machined Titanium available raw\/polished or cerakoted black. The Pineapple handle weighs just 42.8 grams and the Grooved weighs 44.6 grams. The Gen1 Shroud weighs 26.43 grams and the Gen2 Shroud weighs 22 grams.<\/p>\n<p>An easy, quick way to upgrade your Tikka T3 rifle with superior parts!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-slideshow\"\n\t id=\"ngg-slideshow-5a31b0763a071a4ba9505e61611fd2f0-6537777940\"\n     style=\"max-width: 720px; max-height: 480px;\">\n\n \t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-slideshow-image\" style=\"height:480px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tacticalworks.com\/tacticalblog\/sterk-t3-handles-lg-images\/Sterk-LH1-64.jpg\"\n                      title=\"\"\n                      data-src=\"https:\/\/www.tacticalworks.com\/tacticalblog\/sterk-t3-handles-lg-images\/Sterk-LH1-64.jpg\"\n                      data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.tacticalworks.com\/tacticalblog\/sterk-t3-handles-lg-images\/thumbs\/thumbs_Sterk-LH1-64.jpg\"\n                      data-image-id=\"148\"\n                      data-title=\"T3 Swept Ball Handle by Sterk\"\n       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You are going to want to get your hands on a Sterk Shooting bolt handle and bolt shroud. 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