Winter Doldrums - Time for another Tikka Project???

[Castle Rock]

Same with most tikkas, and it seems like some other rifles in general
The Linda throats don’t help either, they generally can handle higher loads before showing pressure

 

[MHWASH]

Have you shot a 24" Tikka 65cm? They're slow as F even with handloads. Max charges are 2750fps. What you're seeing doesn't surprise me one bit, Tikka barrels are notoriously slow, but they do seem to hold accuracy for a longer life, belive it's due to European metallurgy and the hammer forging hardening things. N565 will do maybe 25-40fps fast than H1000 at similar pressures. Rl23 will work, but I'd drop to a 130-140gr bullet with it. Start around 53gr. Max will likely be 56ish.

I have and have had multiple Tikkas, but have never found this to be true. Obviously your experience is different. I've had 2 270s, 223, 22-250, 300 WSM, 308, 6.5CM. This is the first Tikka I've had that was "slow".

 

[MHWASH]

Buy a 6.5 CM and rechamber to 260 AI, no setback required, just run the reamer
Just make sure it is throated long (I made the mistake of a shorter throat which needs correcting) and run 06 length magazines

What bullets are you using and at what velocity?
I had a couple of 260s before I bought my CM.

 

[NWBLKTAIL]

Buy a 6.5 CM and rechamber to 260 AI, no setback required, just run the reamer View attachment 819595
Just make sure it is throated long (I made the mistake of a shorter throat which needs correcting) and run 06 length magazines

This is something I have been looking at, 260 has been on my radar as of late. I have zero NEED for one, But will definitely pick one up sooner or later and the AI version would be fun to play around with.