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New to me Tikka T3 .223 and 70 grain RDF BULLETS
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<blockquote data-quote="Pharmseller" data-source="post: 1289291" data-attributes="member: 93917"><p>A guy on another board needed to fund another project so I bought what he was selling, a stainless T3 in .223. The cool thing is it's a 1-8" twist, which IIRC Tikka doesn't offer anymore. Heck, you can't find a new T3 anyway. I won't tell you what I paid but I stole it.</p><p></p><p>I sent the bolt off to get fluted and it took forever. In the meanwhile I discovered Nosler's new Reduced Drag Factor line of bullets and bought a few 70 grain in .223. Their reported BC is .416, which is really slippery for such a small bullet. The guys at Nosler directed me to use the 69 grain 5.56 load data so I loaded a bunch with 24.5 grains of TAC and tried 3 different OALs.</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w84/pharmseller/IMG_0089_zpsjvqavfmn.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>I hit the range yesterday and took the .223 with me to shoot while the barrel cooled on the 7 Rem Mag.</p><p></p><p>I had replaced the VX2 3-9 CDS with an FX3 12x40 AO with target turrets. I used some 50 grain TTSX to get on paper at 50 yards and the bullets overlapped. I moved to 100 and shot the 50s again to confirm.</p><p></p><p>First up was the longest of the three 70 grain loads. They shot okay, around .75", but I wasn't impressed. Then I tried the middle load, at 2.260".</p><p></p><p>Holy Hannah, the clouds parted and the angels sang. Remember, I bought this thing used for a song.</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w84/pharmseller/IMG_0295_zps9btuglpm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's three shots into 0.103". I think I'll keep it. Now I need to chronograph the load, I'm hoping for 2850. No varmint alive will be safe from me.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>P</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pharmseller, post: 1289291, member: 93917"] A guy on another board needed to fund another project so I bought what he was selling, a stainless T3 in .223. The cool thing is it's a 1-8" twist, which IIRC Tikka doesn't offer anymore. Heck, you can't find a new T3 anyway. I won't tell you what I paid but I stole it. I sent the bolt off to get fluted and it took forever. In the meanwhile I discovered Nosler's new Reduced Drag Factor line of bullets and bought a few 70 grain in .223. Their reported BC is .416, which is really slippery for such a small bullet. The guys at Nosler directed me to use the 69 grain 5.56 load data so I loaded a bunch with 24.5 grains of TAC and tried 3 different OALs. [IMG]http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w84/pharmseller/IMG_0089_zpsjvqavfmn.jpg[/IMG] I hit the range yesterday and took the .223 with me to shoot while the barrel cooled on the 7 Rem Mag. I had replaced the VX2 3-9 CDS with an FX3 12x40 AO with target turrets. I used some 50 grain TTSX to get on paper at 50 yards and the bullets overlapped. I moved to 100 and shot the 50s again to confirm. First up was the longest of the three 70 grain loads. They shot okay, around .75", but I wasn't impressed. Then I tried the middle load, at 2.260". Holy Hannah, the clouds parted and the angels sang. Remember, I bought this thing used for a song. [IMG]http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w84/pharmseller/IMG_0295_zps9btuglpm.jpg[/IMG] That's three shots into 0.103". I think I'll keep it. Now I need to chronograph the load, I'm hoping for 2850. No varmint alive will be safe from me. P [/QUOTE]
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