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Why are factory T3s such poor shooters?
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 9:48 pm
by 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
Re: Why are factory T3s such poor shooters?
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 11:02 pm
by Camel
Re: Why are factory T3s such poor shooters?
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 5:40 am
by kickinback
Don't know why anyone would buy the pieces of shit.
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Re: Why are factory T3s such poor shooters?
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 7:11 am
by 223 fanboy
Your bro must be disappointed. They don't have the same poi.
Re: Why are factory T3s such poor shooters?
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 8:38 am
by 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.
Re: Why are factory T3s such poor shooters?
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 8:26 am
by 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
Re: Why are factory T3s such poor shooters?
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 10:35 pm
by 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
