Tikka .308 questions

[EastHumboldt]

I think shooting a few boxes to see if your gun is broke is good advice before you start fixing it….

 

[menhaden_man]

My T3X shoots the 175s really well. Here’s the recipe for that load. I’d give those a whirl before sweating the mag length. I’ve shot this rifle a fair bit to 700 yds and it’s a solid bet for a hit.

- Starline brass, CCI 200s
- 175 TMK, 42.5 gr Varget
- 2.800” COAL

Now this only gets me 2,514 fps from my 20” barrel, but I’ve heard that a slow hit is better than a fast miss. I think it’ll stay above the magical hunting number guys say on here (1,800) to around 500 yds.

Good luck

 

[Mike D Texas]

I’ll say it again for those that missed it the first time; I’m not wanting to do this to chase the land, I’m wanting to do this to place the bullet in a better spot related to the neck/shoulder junction and the bearing surface of the bullet.

It may very well shoot at SAAMI length, that’s not what I’m looking for.


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[Mike D Texas]

My T3X shoots the 175s really well. Here’s the recipe for that load. I’d give those a whirl before sweating the mag length. I’ve shot this rifle a fair bit to 700 yds and it’s a solid bet for a hit.

- Starline brass, CCI 200s
- 175 TMK, 42.5 gr Varget
- 2.800” COAL

Now this only gets me 2,514 fps from my 20” barrel, but I’ve heard that a slow hit is better than a fast miss. I think it’ll stay above the magical hunting number guys say on here (1,800) to around 500 yds.

Good luck

If I can only get 2500fps out of this gun, I’ll sell it the next day.

I have a R700 5R 20” that shoots them at 2800fps with my hand loads, it’s just heavier than I want to carry for hunting, that’s why I bought the Tikka.


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[Fireflyfishing]

If I can only get 2500fps out of this gun, I’ll sell it the next day.

I have a R700 5R 20” that shoots them at 2800fps with my hand loads, it’s just heavier than I want to carry for hunting, that’s why I bought the Tikka.


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Keep me in mind @Mike D Texas if you would like to sell it.

 

[Mike D Texas]

Keep me in mind @Mike D Texas if you would like to sell it.

Will do.


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[menhaden_man]

If I can only get 2500fps out of this gun, I’ll sell it the next day.

I have a R700 5R 20” that shoots them at 2800fps with my hand loads, it’s just heavier than I want to carry for hunting, that’s why I bought the Tikka.


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What powder is giving you 2800 out of a 20” with 175s? That’s almost 7 PRC speeds from a 308 short barrel?

 

[antlerz]

The 175tmk in the M+ mag is perfect for neck/shoulder reloads. Im at 2.96 oal. Speeds comfortably above 2600 in 20"
I have a LA bolt stop but im pretty sure I didnt need to change it for the M+. I started out with LA mag but went to M+ .

 

[HighUintas]

Will do.


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Just get a regular LA magazine and then take a file or Dremel to the bolt stop after removing it. It's so easy a monkey can do it. Then you can seat the bullet out long as you want, get some palma brass and really crank those pressures up!

 

[Mike D Texas]

What powder is giving you 2800 out of a 20” with 175s? That’s almost 7 PRC speeds from a 308 short barrel?

Reloder 17.


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[Mike D Texas]

Just get a regular LA magazine and then take a file or Dremel to the bolt stop after removing it. It's so easy a monkey can do it. Then you can seat the bullet out long as you want, get some palma brass and really crank those pressures up!

I have a bolt stop on order.

I do have some Alpha SRP brass.

I also have some Sig 277 Fury hybrid brass that I am going to try as well.

It returned big gains in my 260AI. 3236fps with a Barnes matchburner 140 in a 24” barrel.

And before anyone freaks out yes I understand I’m probably kissing 80k psi with the load above.


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