New Tikka CTR: 1st range report

[Mulyhuntr]

The Tikka freebore is very long for 140s. A factory round may be jumping something like 0.100 or more. With 140 match burners, mine are loaded a touch longer than book COL and still jumping 0.110 ish.

That long freebore is likely why factory loads are slower than stated speed on box.

Why not load them longer? 147s get to lands no problem in factory mag.

 

[HighUintas]

Why not load them longer? 147s get to lands no problem in factory mag.

I likely will when I work on a hunting load. This is just for practice and it just fits the factory SA mag. I'll use 147s seated long with as much powder as possible and a LA mag for hunting