Up date on the tikka 308,went to the range yesterday morning and this thing is unbelieable.I shot several loads useing bullets and different powder from 125 gr to 168 grain match.Only shot 3-shot groups out of the groups I shot at 100 yds got 2 one hole groups and at 300 got one one holer,let my budddy shoot it and he shot a one holer at 300.This thing is awesome.
Wish I could get the 25/06 to shoot like the 308.I had let my buddy take it and see what he could do with it,he does some gunsmith work,and he had brought it back yesterday after putting another scope on it.Some of the loads he tried last week that shot 1/2 in or lessgroups didn't come close to an inch this week.One day it shoots pretty good and the next range session it won't hit at all.He tried a load yesterday that I had shot a 1/4 in group on three different days and it wouldn't go under a 1 1/2 in yesterday.If he don't get it fixed its going back to tikka.
Have a buddy that has 2 sako's in 300 wsm,2 tikka's in 300wsm,one tikka in 30/06,one tikka in 243 and one like the one I have in 308 varmit and another buddy that has a tikka in 7/08 and all of these shoots,I have shot at least a 3-shot one holer in each one of them,the 308 he has I shot four 3-shot groups in a row,all were one holers,thats the reason I got me one of the 308 varmits.And I sure haven't been dissapointed with it like I have been with the 25/06.Goes to show you get good ones and bad ones in any brand.