I have long been a vocal advocate of keeping the tikka stock barrels. They have and do shoot great, albeit a tad slow. But for the price they are impossible to beat. Why take off a perfectly accurate barrel? My stock tikka has performed right with or even out performed much more expensive custom setups. One issue though. Different ammunition produces significantly different POI. I'd love to pick a bullet and just stick with it but my need to experiment and preference for using non lead for hunting and lead for plinking has made this difficult in practice. POI shifts are typically vertical 1-2moa and horizontal 1-2 moa with some going right and some going left from average. Firearm is suppressed. What is interesting is there is a difference even between different bullets of the same weight with very similar muzzle velocities.
Reason for the post is my friend has a custom rifle with a proof carbon prefit. So a stiffer barrel. Every single thing he throws through it hits the same POI at 100 yards. It is not much more accurate but it is consistent across a wide spectrum of bullet weights and type. For those who have switched to steel custom barrels of various contours has it improved your POI shift between ammunition type? For those who have kept the factory noodle do you experience the same shift or is there another potential cause?
Reason for the post is my friend has a custom rifle with a proof carbon prefit. So a stiffer barrel. Every single thing he throws through it hits the same POI at 100 yards. It is not much more accurate but it is consistent across a wide spectrum of bullet weights and type. For those who have switched to steel custom barrels of various contours has it improved your POI shift between ammunition type? For those who have kept the factory noodle do you experience the same shift or is there another potential cause?
