[herbeapuce]

thanks for your help

I took it apart today. I believe the foot of the spring wasn't flat inside the mag but had curled up. while apart,I did however pull on the spring and gained .25 inch. That was enough for me. It works good now.
thanks

stef

[herbeapuce]

thank you 10 spot.

those tikkas sure won't let you know much…

stef

[herbeapuce]

my best load for my t3 stainless varmint is 51gr H4831sc with a Bergers 115vdl, cci br2 and touching the lands. it is a bit slow but very precise in my gun
stef

[herbeapuce]

thank you tisme.

anybody else ?

stef

[herbeapuce]

you might need a wider spread…I would load  starting at the minimum all the way to the top ( watch pressure signs), in 0.5gr increment,  5 of each no less. shoot one round every 3 minutes ( more or less, adjust to the ambient temp ) Clean every 10 shoots, then 1 scrap ammo for fooling. you should see some interesting things. ..then fine tune…
I do it this way because we only have a 100 y range . they are other ways if you have more range.
I am not an expert in any way, but some good guys told me to do so.

have you tried  with commercial ammo match grade ?

[herbeapuce]

I have the steel lug.  it did not make miracles for me. I opened the stock and bedded it to the stock.
I can not say the gun shoots any better with it ; all I know is it has to be more solid.
my tikka strangely shoots Bergers the best. it's not your caliber though.

one guy told me he couldn't get the 40gr to shoot in his .223.  same problem for me in my interarms mark x 22-250… I could not get the 40v-max to shoot good … I got my best results with Berger 52 ft varmint for this 22-250

could it be  you may be loading to hot?  My tikka doesn't like to hot….

good luck
stef

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I found my answer here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZH_7GzMFSk

thanks Jason !

stef

[herbeapuce]

thank you for the link tozguy

stef

[herbeapuce]

I read the answer here.  apologies for not having done my homework.
Please delete.
stef