I have been working on building a pig/deer hunting load for my new Tikka T3 I decide to use Barnes TTSX bullets for this load with the recommended Varget Powder I ran tests from 42 gr. going a half a grain per step up to 44 grains. The results are seen in the photo.This is at 100 yards and the group is just over 1". It's not perfection yet but I will be trying a few different powders to see if this is the best we can get. This test was done at P2K indoor range with a Caldwell lead sled and 75 lbs. of shot holding it all down. If anybody has any comments or suggestions please feel free to post them, that's what this forum is for anyways right, let's use it so that we can all learn for each others trials and hopefully save each other some headache.
.308 Barnes TTSX load results in Tikka T3
- Thread starter Andy599
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Try playing with your seating depth on the bullets. Have you turned your case necks or weight sorted your brass?
Looks like a solid Minute-of-squirrel group to me. My recommendation is that you take that load and go shoot a pig with it! 8) You most likely won't be shooting it from a bench while hunting, so getting that last .5 MOA isn't a big deal.