Show Off Your Tikka T3/T3X Groups

[NMCoyoteHunter01]

What’s everyone’s MOA with their factory (or close to) Tikka. I was shooting at exactly 1” before I switched to a HIgh Desert Rifle Works bottom metal torqued to 35# front and rear. It now shoots .73” with cheap American Whitetail 30-06 150gr. Can’t wait get my hands on some premium stuff.

 

[ETtikka]

Older t3 308, right at 1 Moa with hornady light mag 150gr, no mods, cheap Leupold 3-9

 

[seand]

Awesome! Throw up a photo of those sub MOA 10 shot groups

 

[NMCoyoteHunter01]

Awesome! Throw up a photo of those sub MOA 10 shot groups

Ha I wish I could but it was just a 3 shot group.

 

[Motown]

No 10 shot groups for me either but shot this group last weekend at 200 yards with my Wideland in 6.5 Creed that measured .44”. Have an awsome load worked up with 135 gr Bergers and Reloader 26.

 

[ETtikka]

No 10 shot groups for me either but shot this group last weekend at 200 yards with my Wideland in 6.5 Creed that measured .44”. Have an awsome load worked up with 135 gr Bergers and Reloader 26.View attachment 322625

NICE !,

10 shot groups and skinny hunting barrels on lightweight guns don't go too good together

 

[Motown]

NICE !,

10 shot groups and skinny hunting barrels on lightweight guns don't go too good together

Agreed. They wideland has a little bit heavier contour then the lite, but it was still 90 degrees out last weekend and I wasn’t gonna push it.

 

[Antares]

My 6.5CM Roughtech averaged .44 MOA over 9 three-shot groups when I was doing ammo testing. That was with the factory 140 ELDM load. Blew my socks off. I am not likely to be selling that rifle anytime soon.

 

[Formidilosus]

NICE !,

10 shot groups and skinny hunting barrels on lightweight guns don't go too good together

How does a properly stress relieved barrel know the difference between shot number 3 and shot number 4?

 

[ETtikka]

How does a properly stress relieved barrel know the difference between shot number 3 and shot number 4?

A few degrees warmer, but metalurgucally every barrel is different in it’s reaction

 

[Formidilosus]

A few degrees warmer, but metalurgucally every barrel is different in it’s reaction

So the barrel can or can not tell the difference?

 

[NMCoyoteHunter01]

No 10 shot groups for me either but shot this group last weekend at 200 yards with my Wideland in 6.5 Creed that measured .44”. Have an awsome load worked up with 135 gr Bergers and Reloader 26.View attachment 322625

Nice work. Can’t ask for much better than that.

 

[ETtikka]

So the barrel can or can not tell the difference?

“Reaction” implies there is a difference, I hope this answers your question

 

[Formidilosus]

“Reaction” implies there is a difference, I hope this answers your question

It does not.


You stated-

10 shot groups and skinny hunting barrels on lightweight guns don't go too good together

And I am asking why, and how? If your statement is correct, than you should be able to explain how the barrel “reacts” differently between rounds three and four, or between rounds 3 and ten, and what that means to group size.

 

[ETtikka]

It does not.


You stated-


And I am asking why, and how? If your statement is correct, than you should be able to explain how the barrel “reacts” differently between rounds three and four, or between rounds 3 and ten, and what that means to group size.

Ok I got you now, see if this helps,,
Each round equals more friction, and explosion
More friction and explosion equal more heat
More heat equals more movement of atoms
More atom movement equals expansion, thermal expansion in this case
When the metal expands, it changes shape
When it changes shape, accuracy is effected
When accuracy is effected, group size changes

regardless of barrel dimensions, this is applicable, if all metallurgical properties are the same ( near impossible) , a thicker barrel will react slower than a thin barrel because it takes longer to heat up, it “reacts” slower

every barrel has its own metallurgical personality, and shot #4 maybe improve the group size , but in a skinny barrel, usually not

Every barrel absorbs heat between shots 3 and 4, this may help some barrels, but in general, the slimmer a barrel, the quicker it heats up, one shot at a time

phew,,,,,best I got for you, if this don’t help, you will have to go over to snipers hide and research for yourself

 

[buckwalleye]

Maybe there’s a thread for this…but what factory ammo do your tikkas like? I got a 6.5 cm last year and still trying to figure it out. I haven’t sent many rounds through it yet. But so far my best groups have come from these 140g federal fusion soft points. I bought a case of 143 eldx precision hunters and it seems like they’re all over the place. Also shot 129g sst super performance well. Dropped a whitetail in its tracks with that last year. Just wondering what y’all like for factory ammo


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[Antares]

Maybe there’s a thread for this…but what factory ammo do your tikkas like? I got a 6.5 cm last year and still trying to figure it out. I haven’t sent many rounds through it yet. But so far my best groups have come from these 140g federal fusion soft points. I bought a case of 143 eldx precision hunters and it seems like they’re all over the place. Also shot 129g sst super performance well. Dropped a whitetail in its tracks with that last year. Just wondering what y’all like for factory ammo


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As I noted above, mine likes the Hornady 140gr ELD Match factory load.

 

[nimrod_gn]

Factory Tikka t3x superlight 6.5 CM with 124 grain Hammer Hunter bullets

 

[Sandstrom]

Tikka T3x stainless lite 223 with a 3-9 swfa

Both 10 shot groups.
Ryan

 

[Mtnman84]

Brux 3 contour, 7 saum 180 Berger at 2910 FPS