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1 Bullseye
Awww, you don't have to throw them away- you can send em to me 🙂
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105 Bullseyes
Varget and 75 gr A-Max bullets shot like crap out of my Tikka .223 TAC. Best of 10 powder loads was just inder 1 inch. Worst was about 2.5 inches. My buddy gave me some 70 Gr Bergers to try. All I can say is WOW. One load shot a 5 round group of .495 using Varget.. For me that is great. I guess I will be throwing away the remaining A-Max bullets.
Its not the powder, Varget works…It's the COAL, the bullet is hard to dial in.Â
What was you test load data? I've found in my Tikka's I have to run them longer than the 2.39″ COAL Hornady suggest or its a hopeless test. Its the hardest bullet I've ever tried to work with but it does shoot really well when it comes together. We've found all the Tikka's we've tested liked the lower charges of something around 23grs of Varget and then you have to jump to around 25gr…nothing in between shot good groups, it was either a light or max powder charge. Most testing in a TAC and VARMINT, but even the LITE will shoot the same loads to almost the same accuracy. On occasion we have had 1 hole groups at 200yrds…I stress on occasion, but its common to see 200yrd – 1/2″groups if reloads are perfect.I'm now loading them to 2.46″ and playing with 25+grs of Varget. The extra over all length really does make a huge difference. If you don't experiment with the seating depth you won't have success with this bullet. Just loading various powder charges hoping the groups will come together is not enough.
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105 Bullseyes
Any results Dog?
See new post:
https://tikkashooters.com/public_html/general-discussion/75gr-amax-range-test-tikka-223-load-data-200-yrd-groups/ -
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hey Dog, very interested in your research but instead of talking about mag length loadings can you tell us how far off the lands we are talking about to get the 75 amax to shoot well? I for one will happily load one at time if needed to get best accuracy. I perhaps misunderstood the details and welcome help, unfortunately my range is off limits till spring.
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105 Bullseyes
hey Dog, very interested in your research but instead of talking about mag length loadings can you tell us how far off the lands we are talking about to get the 75 amax to shoot well?Â
Have not measured to lands…and have never previously loaded to this cartridge length for any 223 before.
Wish I had a better answer for you.
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