I've been playing around with a stainless, plastic stock T3 6.5 Swede for about 6 months now. It has the 1/8 twist barrel and I topped the rifle with a Fixed 6 SWFA MQ.
For load development I settled on reloader 17 and have tried the accubond 130, hornady 143 ELD-X and nosler 142 lr.
The rifle is a consistent 2" 500 yd rifle with the ELD-X and 45 gr of 17 with Lapua brass. The ELD-X is loaded .005 of the lands and my Tikka is not long throated as some have mentioned. I'm assuming they have older T3s that are 1/10 twist rifles.
The 130 accubond printed 3 shots into an inch at 300 yds with the first load of 47 gr of reloader 17. I didn't shoot any further with that load.
142 lr printed 3 1/2" at 500 pretty consistent. That was .005 off the lands and I seated some .030 deeper and I'll see what happens.
I'd recommend the T3 in the 6.5 Swede and I'd highly recommend the Fixed 6 SWFA with the 30 MM medium warn rings to top it with. I've printed under 4" at the 700 yd line with my fixed 6 and 20 yds it's clear as can be. It's my most versatile setup I've had in 30 + years.
Shod
