Thread: 223 adventures

I've had a couple of different Tikka .223 and now a sako.223 and they all just shoot 5 shit 10 shot groups it doesn't matter I've never seen a dud.
I should have plenty of Tikka targets somewhere but this is my Sako pretty much same barrel.
It will do this all day with that load as would my Tikka.223.

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Originally Posted by Tahr

But thinking on this, I would have backed a Bergara as being pretty good. Have had a close look at them myself in .223 and 22.250. The 1:9 22.250 Stoke has appealed.

Not so much now I bet.


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Originally Posted by BRADS

Not so much now I bet.


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Exactly

The same with the NZ made Howa mini chassis which I like. It's the gun that puts me off. Like (as we used to say) the traffic cop who married a prostitute - he dragged her down to his level

Originally Posted by 25/08 IMP

I've had a couple of different Tikka .223 and now a sako.223 and they all just shoot 5 shit 10 shot groups it doesn't matter I've never seen a dud.
I should have plenty of Tikka targets somewhere but this is my Sako pretty much same barrel.
It will do this all day with that load as would my Tikka.223.

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Interested in what projectile.

Originally Posted by 25/08 IMP

I've had a couple of different Tikka .223 and now a sako.223 and they all just shoot 5 shit 10 shot groups it doesn't matter I've never seen a dud.
I should have plenty of Tikka targets somewhere but this is my Sako pretty much same barrel.
It will do this all day with that load as would my Tikka.223.

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Is that factory ammo? Foster has shown with tuned handloads the Howa's will shoot very well

Originally Posted by Tentman

From the "testing" I've done with two Bergara and three Howa 223's it's not projectile related. One problem is that the heavier factory load offerings are pretty much universally shite (or have been in the rifles I've tried them in).

With the exception of the excellent Mk262 equivalent that Belmont used to load. I would have bought 20 tins of it if I had the foresight.

Originally Posted by Beavis

With the exception of the excellent Mk262 equivalent that Belmont used to load. I would have bought 20 tins of it if I had the foresight.

That stuff was way better than average

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Originally Posted by Beavis

With the exception of the excellent Mk262 equivalent that Belmont used to load. I would have bought 20 tins of it if I had the foresight.

You and me both man.
Had it shooting great in 4 bolts and 5 gas guns back in the old days.

Think i put about 400 rounds through one at the toby shoot down south through my old dd.

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Yup. I would say it was the most accurate factory 223 ammo I ever used. You couldn't even buy the projectiles for the price they were selling loaded ammo for. You don't realize they're the good old days until they're gone.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Yeah, Tikka. Ive never heard of a dud Tikka 1:8 .223. They seem to be consistent.

From the couple that I have data on, they seem to be on par with the other factory options really, maybe a fraction better. Shoot poorly with most, but well with a load they like, and people pick that one to talk about and forget the rest.

Originally Posted by gimp

From the couple that I have data on, they seem to be on par with the other factory options really, maybe a fraction better. Shoot poorly with most, but well with a load they like, and people pick that one to talk about and forget the rest.

Here's the data:

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12x 10rd groups with HNW
8x 10rd groups with HPR
23x 10rd groups with HFP
19x 10rd groups with Tikka (factory ammo)

Howas are a mix of factory and handloads, probably why they've performed slightly better vs the tikka with all factory

Originally Posted by Stocky

Interested in what projectile.

77 TMK

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Originally Posted by nor-west

Is that factory ammo? Foster has shown with tuned handloads the Howa's will shoot very well

No it's hand loads I also had a Howa mini that shot the 69grn and 80grn Targex like that.

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Originally Posted by Stocky

Interested in what projectile.

It does the same with 80grn targex as well

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Originally Posted by gimp

Here's the data:

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12x 10rd groups with HNW
8x 10rd groups with HPR
23x 10rd groups with HFP
19x 10rd groups with Tikka (factory ammo)

Howas are a mix of factory and handloads, probably why they've performed slightly better vs the tikka with all factory
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That's interesting I've not seen that from a Tikka of any caliber I've had but I've also never used factory ammo.

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