Tikka Compact 243 Ammunition?

[Turnem n Burnem]

I bought a couple boxes of Copper Creek 243’s in the 108 ELD-M and they are flying wild out of a brand new Tikka Compact. I’m assuming the rounds are too hot to stabilize…..Anybody getting decent accuracy out of factory ammo that’s at least 100 gr projectiles? It’s a short
barrel so I know its already handicapped.

 

[Lawnboi]

The tikka is going to be too slow of a twist for those projectiles more than likely. 10 twist your safe staying sub 90 grains

Hornady precision hunter with the 90g eldx is a good choice. When my tikka was a 243 the wife and I killed a pile of deer with that bullet.

 

[Turnem n Burnem]

Yeah-it looks like the twist doesn’t work out for that round very well

 

[Formidilosus]

I bought a couple boxes of Copper Creek 243’s in the 108 ELD-M and they are flying wild out of a brand new Tikka Compact. I’m assuming the rounds are too hot to stabilize…..Anybody getting decent accuracy out of factory ammo that’s at least 100 gr projectiles? It’s a short
barrel so I know its already handicapped.

It isn’t because the ammo is too hot. It’s because the tikka 243 has a 1-10” barrel twist and it will not stabilize that bullet. 95gr Nosler Ballistic Tip the identical Winchester 95gr Ballistic Silvertip, 90gr ELD-X, or 95gr Federal Fusion all work well with that twist rate.

 

[silasbowhunter]

I shoot 75gr Vmax out of my 18.5” tikka 243, no chrono, but verified out to 650 yards at 3250fps. Works great. Hope I don’t get flamed but I’ve shot one deer at 350 yards and she only went 15 yards. Multiple mule deer bucks and 1 whitetail buck nothing went more than 25 yards and never out of sight.


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[redneckbmxer24]

I would stay away from Copper Creek ammo in general and you don’t need 100gr bullets to kill anything a 6mm will. If you insist on 100gr then the flat base bullets like Winchester power point and Remington core lokt will be your best bet in a 10 twist. I’ve yet to have a 243 that core lokt 100gr didn’t shoot MOA or better in and it’s a decent bullet.

Personally I’d pick two quality 80-90gr factory loads with good premium bullets, buy a box of each to test and then run whatever it shoots best.

 

[bmart2622]

Not a Tikka but my boy has a Ruger American compact and it shoots 95gr Tipped Corelokt sub moa at 200yds

 

[justin davis]

I would stay away from Copper Creek ammo in general and you don’t need 100gr bullets to kill anything a 6mm will. If you insist on 100gr then the flat base bullets like Winchester power point and Remington core lokt will be your best bet in a 10 twist. I’ve yet to have a 243 that core lokt 100gr didn’t shoot MOA or better in and it’s a decent bullet.

Personally I’d pick two quality 80-90gr factory loads with good premium bullets, buy a box of each to test and then run whatever it shoots best.

Why stay away from copper creek? Are they no good

 

[jaredg]

Try Sako ammo. That is all I shoot out of my Sako and Tikka 243s.