Why are factory T3s such poor shooters?

[Branxhunter]

My brother wanted some light pill loads for his big standard Tikka T3 .30-06 varmint. He had a box of Speer 130gn HPs, and I had some 125gn HPs. Picked a middle of the road charge of AR2206h, seated the projectiles till they "looked right" (and fed/ejected smoothly), and shot at 100m:

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This rifle did pretty much the same thing with 150gn pills last year (or was it the year before?)

These T3s are the most boringly accurate rifles I have ever come across. His .204 varmint is the same. Pity they are so ugly.

Marcus

[Camel]

Nah, you have it wrong mate, its the cartridges, sheesh, everyone knows that.

[kickinback]

Don't know why anyone would buy the pieces of shit.


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[223 fanboy]

Your bro must be disappointed. They don't have the same poi.

[220]

New rifles just seem to shoot, the vanguard is the same shoots everything from light weights to heavy weights well. Even my 45/70 that is one of the supposedly dodgy remlins will put 3 shots under moa fairly consistently.

[Branxhunter]

The 130gn Speers are seated shorter with a larger hollow point, while the 125gn Speers are sleeker, smaller HP and seated longer (the seating die was not changed):

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This was the group for the 155gn Sierra MKs from a couple of years ago - again not much in the way of load development.

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Marcus

[sometime shooter]

Shot 300 yards last Saturday in F class at Bathurst, wind all over the place hi then low, managed to shoot a 58.1 with a bog standard 223 8 twist barrel and 69 SMK's in factory stock and rings. Actually won the day in f class against 260 rem, 6mm ppc's and 308's So yeah