I took my 260 Tikka T3 CTR out yesterday just to re-verify a batch of reloads. I had remembered them not doing too well at 100 yards, a little over 1 moa, but had 50 of them loaded in Lapua brass and wanted to shoot them up in order to load something better.
I sat the steel out at 300 yards, set up on my shooting bench, dialed 4.2 moa elevation and 1.3 moa for a right to left wind. I Loaded 9 rounds in the mag firing them in succession in about 2 minutes. The horizontal spread I know for a fact was due to wind but still not bad for a load I’m not considering keeping. These were the first 9 rounds out of the barrel Saturday.
This was the first time I’ve ever looked at groups other than at 100 yards.
Extreme Horizontal Spread = 2.86” or 0.95 moa
Extreme Vertical Spread = 1.20” or 0.40 moa
I sat the steel out at 300 yards, set up on my shooting bench, dialed 4.2 moa elevation and 1.3 moa for a right to left wind. I Loaded 9 rounds in the mag firing them in succession in about 2 minutes. The horizontal spread I know for a fact was due to wind but still not bad for a load I’m not considering keeping. These were the first 9 rounds out of the barrel Saturday.
This was the first time I’ve ever looked at groups other than at 100 yards.
Extreme Horizontal Spread = 2.86” or 0.95 moa
Extreme Vertical Spread = 1.20” or 0.40 moa