243 Tikka Groups
 

This winter I was having some accuracy issues with my 243 Tikka. So I dissassembled it and gave it a good cleaning a few weeks back, and hadn't had any time to shoot it since then. Tonite, the wind finally died down a bit so I grabbed my rifle and headed out to my range to shoot.

The top group is the first group I shot. My first 3 bullets went in almost the same hole, and I got a lil cocky. I pulled my next two shots making the 5 shot group 1.092".

The second group, measured .679" once I got my nerves settled a bit.

I was shooting over my ammo box in the prone position.

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This is my coyote/varmint load.

60gr Sierra HP
Remington Cases
Fed 210M
43.0gr of Varget
OAL 2.569"

Here is a better picture of my better group. I only shot those two groups, then I went home to work with my new puppy.

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Those tikkas shoot great.A young fellow was at the range tuesday with a tikka in 243 that he had just bought and was trying it out with factory core-loc's in 100 gr.He let me shoot a 3-shot group and it shot the factory bullet good.2 went in the same hole and 1 was all most touching.

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Yeah, if I woulda quit at 3 shots I woulda had a one holer, and a .2. I usually always shoot 3 shot groups, but I was thinking of selling this rifle, so I was trying to talk myself out of it by seeing what it was truely capable of.I would like to shoot it off a bench sometime when I am truely steady, shooting over my ammo box isn't overly steady! LOL

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Rammer

Them Tikka's are good guns, better than some folks give them credit for... I had my Tikka 300 Win Mag out the other a shooten paper and IT was almost that good also... well, truth be know it was that good I should say the nut behind the trigger was almost that good...

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Man, that shoots almost as good as a Savage!

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Now I need to get someone with a Savage to come prove that to me ;)I don't doubt it one bit. I've been tossing around the idea of buying myself one to play with......Maybe I'll get one in 308 or 7-08.

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If you are going to get one in 308,take a look at the 308 varmit.It will shoot.It has the bull barrel but don't weigh much more the the reg T-3.
I carried mine hunting one day this past year and shot one at 270 yds.
I have some savages that will shoot too.:D

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Nice groups, really.

Kind of a running joke on here so I was sort of kidding. But I do have 2 Savages that in .308 thatprint some really small groups. One with a 26" benchrest barrel and the other with a 22" hunting (sporter) barrel. They both have identity crises though. Today the BR gun is a .223 and the hunting rifle is a .243.Next week, the hunting rifle will be wearing a 7-08 barrel.

Two actions, three stocks, 7 different barrels. I love the versatility of a Savage. I apologize for the hijack!

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If you like the tikka I would hold on to it.When I got the 308 varmit,one month before I could have gotten it for $650 out the door,a month later I had to pay $719 + shipping and + tax.I checked the tikka web site and the suggested price was still the same so I figure that the distributors and sellers are the ones going up.I bought a tikka 25/06 before the 308 and the price was inline with the suggested retail.
That group looked pretty good also off theammo box.
This is a group I shot with the 308 tikka tuesday,and for kelbro a group with a savage.;)

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What I'd like to know is what is the twist of the .234rifie? No one has mentioned that..

I am ready to order bullets for my new Savage 234 it has a 1:9.25 twist. Not sure if it would handle say 55 gr. bullets and the other end 100gr. I want a long range chuck /yote load and also one for deer.

Also, if you're shooting a Savage what power and charge are you using w/ the bullet?

Thanks

PS/ FYI --Nachaz prices are better across the board than Midway's. Midsouth's prices are also lower than Midway's.

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I have three tikkas: two white tail hunters,one in 25/06 and the other one in 338 mag ,and one m55 model in 22/250. All my rifles shoot tight groups. But the m55 has the best trigger and shoots the tighest groups. I tell you I would put that rifle against any savage that I have shot provided it doesn't have the accu-trigger...Tikka's are very capable of jagged 1 hole 3 shootgroups from a bench rest with a little work to the trigger. The rest is really up to the person behind the rifle...I know because I have done it and truely sold me on tikkas...But the new savages got a real good set up with their accu-trigger and there is no denighing that they can shoot awsome, but they sure aren't finished like the older Tikkas...

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The 9.25 twist in a Savage .243 will shoot anything up to 105 gr just fine. With my 22" sporter barrel, I get the very best accuracy with 70-100gr bullets. The 55s and 105s shoot plenty accurate for 100-200yd shooting but if you do have to reach out and touch something beyond 200, the 70-100gr range bullets would probably be a better choice in that rifle.