Show your Tikka ten round groups
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What length barrel?
NWBLKTAIL
WKR
How many grains N140?
That’s book max at 25grs. I think I had some loaded at 24.5grs too mixed in there.
stan_wa
WKR
Got my dad a tika for Christmas
It’s a 243 with an eight twist in the process of trying different load combinations now first thing we did was test bullets each of us shot groups with the 112 match burner, the 108EDM, and the 108 elite Hunter below is my testing
The first image is 8 x 112 mb, 15x 108 eldm and 12 x 108 eh
The 108 eldm is best with a Mr of .39 for my 15 shot group and .34 Mr for my dads 10 shot group
And here is my dad’s. He shot three groups of 10 one for each of the bullets.
Next step find max pressure for the 108 eldm with h4350, h1000 and h4831sc
It’s a 243 with an eight twist in the process of trying different load combinations now first thing we did was test bullets each of us shot groups with the 112 match burner, the 108EDM, and the 108 elite Hunter below is my testing
The first image is 8 x 112 mb, 15x 108 eldm and 12 x 108 eh
The 108 eldm is best with a Mr of .39 for my 15 shot group and .34 Mr for my dads 10 shot group
And here is my dad’s. He shot three groups of 10 one for each of the bullets.Next step find max pressure for the 108 eldm with h4350, h1000 and h4831sc
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Super exciting and cool to get to do with your Dad. Consider using extreme spread (ES) instead of mean radius (MR). MR really doesn’t tell us anything…you need to see the targets to understand that group size. We really only care about our worst rounds when it comes to making a shot hunting. You can also have a great sounding MR with a bad ES, and a great ES with a bad sounding MR.
Mattyq17
Lil-Rokslider
Got an 8-twist tikka 243, shooting factory Federal Premium loaded 95 grain Berger Hybrid Hunters. These are shots 11-20. The last two are the ones outside the main group, damn mirage got me..
I bought some Bone Frog 5.56 loads and took them, and some others to the 100 yard line with my 16” Tikka.
Temp was about 50, mild breeze almost deed behind me. Seated position. Harris bipod with rear bag, NF 2.5-20 scope. Sig SRD556 can, (U.S. OG six-five is enroute.)
The 70TSX was OK but not stellar, with a 10 shot group at 1.24” and a 5 shot group at 1.63”.
I’m not hating the Bone Frog 62gr TTSX loads. In the center group, I did the three lower/right shots and adjusted a bit, then finished the magazine off. Then I shot the 10 round .96” group. These gave 2804fps.
I continue to like the BlackArc NAS3 62gr TTSX loads. I had a superb 4 shot group going until I pulled the fifth. Damn, nobody to blame but myself, I forced the shot. These loads gave 3101fps, 300fps faster than the Bone Frog 62TTSX loads. The bolt handle was a bit tight to open.
One of these 62gr TTSX loads will be my load of choice on my next pig hunt.
Temp was about 50, mild breeze almost deed behind me. Seated position. Harris bipod with rear bag, NF 2.5-20 scope. Sig SRD556 can, (U.S. OG six-five is enroute.)
The 70TSX was OK but not stellar, with a 10 shot group at 1.24” and a 5 shot group at 1.63”.
I’m not hating the Bone Frog 62gr TTSX loads. In the center group, I did the three lower/right shots and adjusted a bit, then finished the magazine off. Then I shot the 10 round .96” group. These gave 2804fps.
I continue to like the BlackArc NAS3 62gr TTSX loads. I had a superb 4 shot group going until I pulled the fifth. Damn, nobody to blame but myself, I forced the shot. These loads gave 3101fps, 300fps faster than the Bone Frog 62TTSX loads. The bolt handle was a bit tight to open.
One of these 62gr TTSX loads will be my load of choice on my next pig hunt.
JMundy84
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Shots 5-14 on a brand new 16" 223 shooting some 55gr nosler varmageddon
How many grains of 4831?
