Tikka Shooters | slim_jim99 | Activity https://tikkashooters.com/members/slim_jim99/activity/ Activity feed for slim_jim99. Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:03:28 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.5.40 en-US 30 hourly 2 f44dda72ae87c6ab0ef7f554c54d022f slim_jim99 replied to the discussion Tikka .223 Hunter - Whats my twist rate? in the forum Technical Articles https://tikkashooters.com/forums/discussion/tikka-223-hunter-whats-my-twist-rate/#post-30938 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 15:59:21 -0700 Reply to Tikka .223 Hunter - Whats my twist rate?

Thanks for the fast reply!!

Glad to hear my rifle has the 1 in 8 twist this means I can use a slightly heavier loads, right? I'm currently using Hornady 55 grain soft points (factory  :-[)

I mainly shoot foxes, my factory ammo seems good out to about 200 yards for this but i live beside a local herd of wild deer and would like to shoot one, close… Read more

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