Factory Tikka barrel? They're notorious for being slow.I shot the Nosler recommended load today, 61.0 grains Magnum with the 150 ABLR's, Fed 210's, new Lapua cases that i should have sized, the necks were way too tight. 7/8" group with the first load tried. 0.050" from the lands. Tried farther from lands and accuracy dropped off. Never tried closer, will next time.
I have never had a load shoot such a different speed than the data said though. Average 2870 fps. 24" barrel, cold (4 Celsius/39 American), 95% humidity, seated far from lands, 800 ft. elevation. I guess it all adds up, but over 200 fps?? Does this sound right? Has anyone had this kind of a variance from a published load? The node was really nice and small, 19fps variance max across 9 shots, plus one outlier. Its got me motivated to tune this load.
I'll digress from responding to the rest..