Show your Tikka ten round groups

[philcox]

Curious, as I don't use that Hornady app... are the green and blue circle x's used to indicate an inch for reference? If so, aren't those orange circles 1" at the outer edge?

Just wondering if maybe you're selling yourself short on the measurements.

Those are 2” circles


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[philcox]

You should start a new thread and we can help you sort out the issue.

I’ll do that


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[philcox]

I’ll do that


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My Tikka groups suck

At the suggestion of ResearchinStuff posting this here Background Rifles: - 7PRC - Tikka 7 Rem Mag action, 20” C6 7PRC barrel, Mesa Precision stock, UM Rings, Maven RS 1.2, 8.5 lb - 6.5CM - Tikka Superlite, Barrel cut to 21”, OEM stock with vert grip, UM Rings, Maven RS 1.2, 8.2 lb - 223 -...

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[NWBLKTAIL]

223rem
73gr eldm
24gr. Varget
Col 2.330”
Virgin Starline
CCI450
6x Swfa
Backpack front rest, bino harness rear rest.

 

[welkin]

6 round group at 315y today. 6.5 creedmoor shooting eld-x. Brand spanking new Scythe suppressor

 

[NWBLKTAIL]

Got out yesterday did some shooting. Have a newly acquired 308win superlite. My local GS had a ton of old boxes of 168 SMK someone brought in unopened for cheap.

Loaded some up behind 43.5gr of Varget.
Virgin Starline
CCI 200
2.840” COL


Broke position once just because mirage got so bad.



And 223 made the trip out as always
6x swfa

 

[JDMBEND]

Tikka 6 CM, 16.5 OMC carbon fiber, KRG Echo stock, Nomad Ti.
Factory 108 eldm
2698 fps average
First 10 rounds shot
I honestly don’t know if this is good or bad. Not sure about the “horseshoe”?

 

[NSI]

Tikka 6 CM, 16.5 OMC carbon fiber, KRG Echo stock, Nomad Ti.
Factory 108 eldm
2698 fps average
First 10 rounds shot
I honestly don’t know if this is good or bad. Not sure about the “horseshoe”?

It’s very good. The horseshoe is an artifact of random dispersion.

-J

 

[Jimbee]

Tikka 6 CM, 16.5 OMC carbon fiber, KRG Echo stock, Nomad Ti.
Factory 108 eldm
2698 fps average
First 10 rounds shot
I honestly don’t know if this is good or bad. Not sure about the “horseshoe”?

I'd try to tweak that load until you can get an upright horseshoe, for obvious reasons.

 

[JDMBEND]

Wanted to see what factory ammo would do. Have some Peterson brass on the way and will start working on loads.
New barrel. Is there a round count I should get down the barrel before I start trying to figure out loads.
The factory loads had up to 70 fps variance.

 

[Harvey_NW]

Wanted to see what factory ammo would do. Have some Peterson brass on the way and will start working on loads.
New barrel. Is there a round count I should get down the barrel before I start trying to figure out loads.
The factory loads had up to 70 fps variance.

I don't care about a round count anymore, I do load work with new components in new barrels, and keep 3 things in consideration:

1. Barrels can speed up, some within 200, some less overbore take 4-500, and if your original load is near pressure, you may have to adjust accordingly.

2. Fireformed brass will mostly likely have more pressure than new, and you may have to adjust powder charge accordingly.

3. Temp sensitivity.

Don't worry about that velocity spread, it doesn't translate perfectly from paper to target. Even with hand loads I commonly see ES of 60+ when my data sets get valid.

 

[Fireflyfishing]

 

[HighUintas]

Shot my 223 factory Tikka takeoff today for the first time, cut to 16". Traded a guy on here for a t3 223 bolt. Shot with a scythe suppressor. I cleaned the chamber when checking headspace, but didn't run anything through the bore because I forgot to.

These are the first rounds through the barrel

75gr 223 Hornady black
Avg 2704fps
Es 52
SD 15.9

 

[HingleMcCringleberry]

20rd group of psa aac 77gr otm


10rd group of psa aac 77gr tmk


For reference the orange dot is 1.5"

 

[112Savage]

Tikka T3 lite 6.5 creedmoor chopped to 20”
Rokstok bare carbon
Ecco machine acipiter 7.5” suppressor
Maven RS1.2
110 yds
Alpha SRP brass CCI 450
143 ELDX
42.1gr RL16
2638fps ES=36 SD=12
This rifle has shot this load well in the past with Hornady and S&B brass but the alpha brass seems to have helped a bunch

 

[DangerRanger]

Norma 130 GT

 

[Silver Wings]

Tikka T3X super lite in .223 Rem
Maven RS 1.2
Sportsmatch rings
I got a good deal on Hornady 75 gr BTHP so I bought 1200 to pair with components I have on hand. These will be for practice. I loaded up 30 using:
24, 24.3 and 24.5 of LVR
CCI 400
Winchester brass with 4-5 firings
COAL 2.295
MV average was 2727, 2775, 2820 respectively
Shooting seated behind a plastic folding table which was ok, not stellar.
I’m new to reloading and open to any input.
All the little tears in the paper were from the granite backstop about 1 yard behind the target.

 

[ResearchinStuff]

I had a 4000 pack of those 75 bthps. Shot up about 1800 of them, the best group ever in 2 barrels, 1 factory, 1 custom, was 1.2 moa, average was 2.2, many groups over 2.5. Drove me freaking nuts, ended up selling the remaining bullets very cheap.

 

[allaue87]

Tikka 6.5 Creedmoor CTR 24". I pulled one shot to the right, so I just did 9 impact points.

Load is 41.5gr H4350, 140 ELD-M, Starline SRP brass, Remington 7-1/2 primers.

Seating depth is 0.020" off the lands. I

 

[Skydog]

Can someone educate me as to the reason for favoring 10 round groups vs the more common 3 or 5 round groups that a lot of folks use? And is it 10 consecutive rounds without allowing the barrel to cool?

Thanks!