Following up on my previous post above (#73) I was able to break away from the wife and kids and shoot this morning.
I brought out my Sako 85 in .260 and my Tikka T3X Superlight in .22-250. I am running really low on hand loads so I went with factory Hornady for both for today. 50 Grain VMAX and 129 Grain SSTs going out at 3,920ish and 2,730ish FPS. Velocity spreads were factored in to get these numbers. Temps were 60 degrees F with a 7-12 MPH head wind.
Another quick note. These are light weight field rifles. The Sako weighs 7 lbs 6 ounces scoped and full of ammo. The Tikka weighs 7 lbs 11 ounces scoped and full of ammo.
Both rifles were still dead on at 200 yards after lot’s of shooting and truck/atv bouncing
over the last few weeks. I continue to be really impressed with Meoptas scopes so far. Both of these rigs have Meopta MeoPro scopes. After reconfirming zeros at 200, I took them both out to 400 yards, did some ballistics calcs and started shooting.
All shots were “field simulated” meaning I was laying prone with a bipod in the grass, with a very simple light weight rear rest that clips to my bino harness. A very typical hunting shot that I take. Shots were consecutive with no barrel cool down time and no windage adjustment for the gusts, I just dialed for a set 8 mph wind and appropriate elevation MOA for ballistics for each rifle. Another note, I do have both of these field verified; the .22-250 out to 600 yards and the .260 out to 1,300 yards.
The Sako .260 put 10 shots (2 magazines) into a 3 1/2” vertical and 2 7/8” horizontal group center to center at 400 yards. I had a high flyer that was all me and not the rifle, which widened the vertical group spacing more than I’d like to see.
The Tikka .22-250 put 6 shots (2 magazines) into a 1 5/8” vertical and 1” horizontal center to center at 400 yards. That pink hole is actually two bullet holes which were my first and 4th shots (first out of the mag for both).
Like I said... Adding to my note above. These are real world groups from this morning at a pretty decent hunting yardage. Nothing crazy, but for two pretty much factory rifles and factory ammunition I’d say Sakos and Tikkas shoot pretty good.
I brought out my Sako 85 in .260 and my Tikka T3X Superlight in .22-250. I am running really low on hand loads so I went with factory Hornady for both for today. 50 Grain VMAX and 129 Grain SSTs going out at 3,920ish and 2,730ish FPS. Velocity spreads were factored in to get these numbers. Temps were 60 degrees F with a 7-12 MPH head wind.
Another quick note. These are light weight field rifles. The Sako weighs 7 lbs 6 ounces scoped and full of ammo. The Tikka weighs 7 lbs 11 ounces scoped and full of ammo.
Both rifles were still dead on at 200 yards after lot’s of shooting and truck/atv bouncing
over the last few weeks. I continue to be really impressed with Meoptas scopes so far. Both of these rigs have Meopta MeoPro scopes. After reconfirming zeros at 200, I took them both out to 400 yards, did some ballistics calcs and started shooting.
All shots were “field simulated” meaning I was laying prone with a bipod in the grass, with a very simple light weight rear rest that clips to my bino harness. A very typical hunting shot that I take. Shots were consecutive with no barrel cool down time and no windage adjustment for the gusts, I just dialed for a set 8 mph wind and appropriate elevation MOA for ballistics for each rifle. Another note, I do have both of these field verified; the .22-250 out to 600 yards and the .260 out to 1,300 yards.
The Sako .260 put 10 shots (2 magazines) into a 3 1/2” vertical and 2 7/8” horizontal group center to center at 400 yards. I had a high flyer that was all me and not the rifle, which widened the vertical group spacing more than I’d like to see.
The Tikka .22-250 put 6 shots (2 magazines) into a 1 5/8” vertical and 1” horizontal center to center at 400 yards. That pink hole is actually two bullet holes which were my first and 4th shots (first out of the mag for both).
Like I said... Adding to my note above. These are real world groups from this morning at a pretty decent hunting yardage. Nothing crazy, but for two pretty much factory rifles and factory ammunition I’d say Sakos and Tikkas shoot pretty good.
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