Show your Tikka ten round groups

[Jimbee]

Tikka .243 superlite barrel cut to 17", Raptor8. Lapua brass 108 eldm 44grains of StaBall6.5. Had a slight ejector mark on one of the last shots. Waiting on my chronograph to check velocity. How much should a person back down powder charge with a slight ejector mark? 75 degrees F and sunny. Everything was warm.

 

[ljalberta]

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Tikka .243 superlite barrel cut to 17", Raptor8. Lapua brass 108 eldm 44grains of StaBall6.5. Had a slight ejector mark on one of the last shots. Waiting on my chronograph to check velocity. How much should a person back down powder charge with a slight ejector mark? 75 degrees F and sunny. Everything was warm.

I personally back down at least half a grain on a warm day and a least a full grain if I have an ejector mark on a cold day.

Not sure your load reference or how deep you’re seating the bullets, but Hodgdon has max at 43.1gr and using Winchester cases, which I believe have more room than Lapua (don’t quote me on this).

Sure shoots good groups though.

 

[Jimbee]

I personally back down at least half a grain on a warm day and a least a full grain if I have an ejector mark on a cold day.

Not sure your load reference or how deep you’re seating the bullets, but Hodgdon has max at 43.1gr and using Winchester cases, which I believe have more room than Lapua (don’t quote me on this).

Sure shoots good groups though.

Yeah, I went off Hodgdon website and loaded 5. One each at 40,41,42,43,44 grains at around .025 off the lands. I'll back down a grain and shoot some more. I shot a 28 round group with 7828ssc that was 2.2"

 

[gulfofmexicoflyfishing]

Did a little data collection on my first batch of 147 eldm hand loads today. Rifle was still zeroed for the factory 143 eldx loads I was shooting previously.

That is a 30rd group from my factory 20” CTR. Ballistic x only allows me to record 10 shots but I measured the group at 1.3175moa with calipers. Either way this thing certainly feels like the easy button!

 

[walk2112]

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Oh yeah! Just arrived tonight. Kudos to Form, UM, and Stockys. Was one of the first people to pre-order and really appreciate the 2-day shipping to AK! Got a call just on Monday from the coatings team to confirm details of cerakote, so that’s pretty speedy work! The “inverted color/gray scale Finnish M05 winter camo” idea I pulled out of my ass turned out pretty cool too. Best feeling grip and texture of any stock I’ve felt, ergonomics are natural to shoulder off hand after a few presentations, and immediately so in prone/sitting/tripod supported. The fore-end stiffness is excellent even with dead-cat inlet contour… I could go on but I am really digging it… enough that I already assume I’ll very likely be putting my Model 70’s custom Bansner stock up for sale this year once that all comes together. Excellent stock!

This rifle/setup, managed to shoot this 10 rnd group today at 100 yards with factory Sierra 130 gr TGK. Just a stock 6.5 Creed superlite chopped/threaded at the end of the flutes and rokstok’d. Feels good!
Needs .1up/.1rt but the NX8 doesn’t deal in small bills.

 

[crich]

This rifle/setup, managed to shoot this 10 rnd group today at 100 yards with factory Sierra 130 gr TGK. Just a stock 6.5 Creed superlite chopped/threaded at the end of the flutes and rokstok’d. Feels good!
Needs .1up/.1rt but the NX8 doesn’t deal in small bills.
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That's a shooter!

 

[PlumberED]

Brand new Tikka T3x, CTR, 308 w, 20” barrel, NF SHV 3-10X42 & TBAC Dominus CB. Bipod and rear bags. I grabbed a random hand load I had on the shelf for my Savage 308. 4 shots to get it centered, then fired one 5 shot group, shifted down a ¼ MOA, then fired another 5. The high shot is from me not letting the suppressor cool, I was getting a good bit of mirage. ⅞“ group.

 

[Castle Rock]

Tikka HB 223
77TMK 23.7/ 8208
10 at 100 metres
Just over.5 MOA,