goathunter
WKR
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- Jan 23, 2013
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I think I can reach the lands on my oem Tikka 25-06 with 110 eldxs, what am I missing?I had a 1:7 25-06 build on a tikka. At the time, blackjack was the only game in town. I could not reach the lands (SAAMI spec chamber). Also could not find acceptable accuracy with those bullets and eventually pulled the barrel. Not sure if being closer to the lands would have helped or not but I had no interest in a single shot.
If you “need” 3000fps I would recommend 25-284. My PBB tikka prefit shot very well at 3015fps using h1000.
Currently settled on 25 creedmoor shooting 2940. Gives up essentially nothing in the velocity department, less recoil and less muzzle blast. Plus you could put it in the KRG bravo which you seem interested in. I am shooting 26” barrels however. 2940fps gives me plenty of retained velocity for reasonable hunting distances.