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New Member/First time Tikka owner
Recently bought my first tikka. A CTR in 260 Rem. Best factory trigger IMO and a super smooth bolt. Went to the range this week for the first load development. Tried a few 5 shot groups with RL17. Cleaned after every 5 shots. Second group of the day measured .440 and had another charge that grouped .7 with low es/sd. Definitely looks promising.
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New Member/First time Tikka owner
updated 8 years ago
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Those are some nice groups! What bullet are you using? I would be interested in what kind of velocities you get with RL17 and the 20″ barrel in the CTR. I also have the CTR in .260. I have been using IMR4350 with 140 Nosler Custom Competitions. Accuracy is excellent but I haven't worked up to the velocity I expect yet.
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Bullets are 139 scenar. Velocity was between 2650 and 2700. Bullets were loaded out to 2.9oal. I have loaded the same charge while incrementally reducing oal to watch velocity and pressure as well as group size/es.
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Thanks, I think I will try the RL17 in mine next.
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Very nice shooting! Keep us posted on your load development please!
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