Thread: Tikka 223 1-8 or 1-12

Originally Posted by Got-ya

Were any of the 1:8 or 1:9 the same or similar barrel profile as your 1:12?

Yes.

The wife's Tikka was an identical Super Varmint apart from the twist. One of the Howas is a HB job. And the CZ was a nice 527 Varmint before it got horribly mistreated by my hillbilly mates.

Interestingly, the CZ shoots my hand loaded 50gr into one classic ragged hole but won't co-operate with factory 64gr SPs whatsoever.

As usual, YMMV. For all the fast twist support, which I totally get, I just find the classic combo of slower twist and lighter, faster bullet that much more accurate. I'm probably horribly bias by now too.