Show your Tikka ten round groups

[DangerRanger]

Little better today with the norma 143.

Shot great out to 900, credo is struggling to see impacts at 1k with any mirage at all, got hits from the light but hard to tell how it grouped.

It did not care for another rifles 130eldm load. My last tikka liked heavy bullets I wonder if this one does too.

 

[Dobermann]

Little better today with the norma 143.

Shot great out to 900, credo is struggling to see impacts at 1k with any mirage at all, got hits from the light but hard to tell how it grouped. View attachment 557838

It did not care for another rifles 130eldm load. My last tikka liked heavy bullets I wonder if this one does too.

Interesting ... Frank has suggested a few times that Tikkas, with their 'slower' barrels, should do better with bullets in the 120s and 130s. Has anyone else found their Tikka prefers heavier than 139g?

 

[Formidilosus]

Interesting ... Frank has suggested a few times that Tikkas, with their 'slower' barrels, should do better with bullets in the 120s and 130s. Has anyone else found their Tikka prefers heavier than 139g?

In multiples of dozens I have seen no trend other than most shoot well with most bullets.

 

[DangerRanger]

Interesting ... Frank has suggested a few times that Tikkas, with their 'slower' barrels, should do better with bullets in the 120s and 130s. Has anyone else found their Tikka prefers heavier than 139g?

No idea, i would interpret that more about getting some velocity back than about accuracy. But I guess idk whether he means slow velocity or what.

This wasn’t me saying tikkas do ___. Just interested to see if this barrel likes heavier stuff better like my last one did, further that’s only hornady eld options, I don’t shoot much else because reloading sucks and I only do it to save money

 

[crich]

3 factory boxes so far through a new superlite 7 mag in a grayboe phoenox stock. Still seeing what it likes the best. Not the greatest so far but will have a PVA prefit in 7saum coming soon anyway.

Federal 168 Berger Hybrids


Hornady 150 CX


Hornady 162 ELD-X

 

[Dobermann]

No idea, i would interpret that more about getting some velocity back than about accuracy. But I guess idk whether he means slow velocity or what.

This wasn’t me saying tikkas do ___. Just interested to see if this barrel likes heavier stuff better like my last one did, further that’s only hornady eld options, I don’t shoot much else because reloading sucks and I only do it to save money

Yes, he's said it in the context of wanting to achieve 2800-2850 (or more) FPS. I think the suggestion is for bucking wind, hence improved precision and accuracy.

 

[DangerRanger]

Yes, he's said it in the context of wanting to achieve 2800-2850 (or more) FPS. I think the suggestion is for bucking wind, hence improved precision and accuracy.

Yeah, it would be nice if I could get a 130 load to grab another 100-150fps for that reason. This 143 is at ~2440. But honestly it’s still impressive in the wind to me

 

[Lawnboi]

6.5 creed in shorter barrels, at normal pressures is slow to begin with.

Iv seen tikka factory barrels shoot about everything well. Seems like each time there has been a bullet that the barrel just likes better.

 

[dmike]

pesky 10th shot flinches when the group is looking good...

 

[Mountainrancher]

T3x super light in 6.5 cm shooting freedom munitions 123 grain hpbt. Didn’t measure it super precisely but it should be around 1.1-1.2 moa. Not bad for ammo that cost a dollar a round.

 

[DangerRanger]

Initial load with 130tmk, bit slow but shooting great. Chopped 16” stainless light

 

[Tullis94]

Preffered Barrels, 284 Win, Tikka pre-fit on my dads rifle. This barrel has a really long freebore to maximize powder capacity for 180 eldms.
I shot 5, then shot 5 out of a dirrerent rifle then shot 5 more into this group. We shot H4831sc for the first 175ish rounds out of the barrel but it wasn't as consistent as we wanted. We decided to try H4350 and have gotten a little better accuracy with only 25 FPS loss.
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[JPeters218]

.308 - Freedom munitions 168 a Max


6 Creed (Preferred barrel) - Norma golden target - 100 yds


300 yds

 

[DangerRanger]

T3x with a Tooley chambered bartlein

Norma 143

140eldm over rl26

 

[Gorp2007]

This is why you can’t trust a 3 round group

 

[id_jon]

Another PVA 6 Creed, they make a good one for sure.

 

[Lawnboi]

Another PVA 6 Creed, they make a good one for sure.

Standard or short chamber?

 

[id_jon]

Standard or short chamber?

Standard. Going to try 112 Barnes Match Burners cause I have a bunch

 

[cowboy300]

Shot this today with 140 Berger handloads out of a 6.5 Creedmoor factory roughtech laying prone with a bipod. Crazy part it was testing over 1gr of powder charge increase for velocity in .2gr increments. I think it wants to shoot

 

[Moose83]

.223 t3x lite
73gr eld-m
Imr 4064
Fed 205
LC brass
1.037"