Show your Tikka ten round groups

[Lawnboi]

Hunting dasher, 105 aeromatch loads leftover from break in. 10 shot

 

[RWT]

Hunting dasher, 105 aeromatch loads leftover from break in. 10 shot


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I am saying this with a grin . You should be banned from this thread as you only post pics of single hole groups. I would seriously pay to learn how you reload. Your reloading technique and set up are top notch. Oh and you can shoot well.

 

[Lawnboi]

I am saying this with a grin . You should be banned from this thread as you only post pics of single hole groups. I would seriously pay to learn how you reload. Your reloading technique and set up are top notch. Oh and you can shoot well.

They are not all that good! But it helps to have decent equipment. I’m just bringing what competition shooters have known for years to hunting with the above rifle.

The above rifle, a 1moa group is bad for it. That group previous is an exceptional group for that rifle. I can’t remember a group I have shot over 1moa with that barrel. Example is here was yesterday testing 95tmk for 10 rounds of a random load. Not something I was happy with.

As for my other dasher, that I use for PRS. .5” on that rifle is normal. All the other itty bitty groups are from that, I just posted them from pre match zero checks all year.

Both rifles are the same chamber, chambered by the same guy, on rifles with the same ergonomics, using the same technique for shooting and loading. I could easily make a road map for someone wanting a rifle that shoots that well, it’s not hard. Reloading those rifles is even easier, there is no voodoo going into it, and most of my loads are chosen solely based on what is known to work for those chambers.

As far as technique, I’m probably the wrong person to ask about that, I’m just a mid pack shooter in competition, who is just trying to become a better shot under stress for hunting. It seems to be working so far.

I guess I got sick of 1.5moa groups leaving me head scratching at matches, I went down that rabbit hole, then figured out I could just do the same thing for hunting and here I am.

 

[FaaSamoa]

75g HPBT


73 ELDM

Berger 73 OTM

 

[The Harbor Master]

75g HPBT
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73 ELDM
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Berger 73 OTM
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These aren't horrible if you are pretty new to shooting, in my opinion. I also saw big differences in group size with different ammo... sometimes they LOVE one round and HATE another, even if they're a similar grain.

Try a few more and pick the top 2 or 3, practice with them and find the 1 you shoot the best, then practice a ton. Just my 2 cents, I'm not nearly as experienced as a lot of the guys on here but I think 1" to 1.5" is very adequate for most folks, especially in hunting situations.

 

[FaaSamoa]

These aren't horrible if you are pretty new to shooting, in my opinion. I also saw big differences in group size with different ammo... sometimes they LOVE one round and HATE another, even if they're a similar grain.

Try a few more and pick the top 2 or 3, practice with them and find the 1 you shoot the best, then practice a ton. Just my 2 cents, I'm not nearly as experienced as a lot of the guys on here but I think 1" to 1.5" is very adequate for most folks, especially in hunting situations.

Yeah I’ll be happy if I can get a 30 round group at 2 moa rn haha. So far I’ve tried 7 types, the worst being the bone frog in my other post . Best being the Berger 73 and 75 hpbt.

Got a decent amount of 77 tmk so I’ll group those next and hopefully they do well as I’m planning on them for an elk hunt. If not I’ll go to the 73 eldms as I think I could tighten up that group with practice .

 

[The Harbor Master]

Yeah I’ll be happy if I can get a 30 round group at 2 moa rn haha. So far I’ve tried 7 types, the worst being the bone frog in my other post . Best being the Berger 73 and 75 hpbt.

Got a decent amount of 77 tmk so I’ll group those next and hopefully they do well as I’m planning on them for an elk hunt. If not I’ll go to the 73 eldms as I think I could tighten up that group with practice .

Awesome! Being a new shooter and open to the idea of heavy for caliber bullets in smaller cartridges, you're already ahead of the game and not stuck in the "need more wallop and impact energy magnums only" rut. When you get your elk with .223 share some pics!