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I have read and heard from various sources that some Tikka rifles record lower velocities than other rifles with the same length barrels. What do you Tikka owners say?

I bought a Tikka T3 Lite stainless .30-06 a while back.
Even though I handload I'm barely getting .30-30 velocity.
Weird.

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Same here. I finally found a load with acceptable speed. I haven't been able to play with it much. I should say though that its my most accurate rifle by a long shot besides. My custom 338 edge that cost 10x as much

This thread may turn into a good one.

Who makes the fastest rifle????

My example of one, a .270 WSM, struggled mightily to get .270 Win speeds.
Read more reports about slow T3's than I have about any other rifle.
Including reports from the well respected writer/shooter Ross Seyfried.

It seems odd to me. I wonder if it is related to pressure some how. I know Sako had a bad bunch of barrel steel about 8-9 years ago.Maybe they do something to keep pressure levels lower. Don't know what it would be, and this is per speculation on my part. I have a Sako A7 in .270 win that shoots lights out, but I have never clocked it. I just have heard enough about this issue to ask. If it is only 50-100 fps I won,t lose sleep. I know I have heard folks Talk about having a fast barrel. In no way am I bashing Tikka / Sako, just curious. Goodshot

Clock that sumbitch and make a report.

Where the bloody hell is that rotten popcorn icon?

This could explain why they are so accurate, the bullets have more time to line up exactly where they want to go before getting to the target

Well I don't know...but if velocity is lower than another rifle with the same load then pressure must be lower too...so add more powder.

I worked with a friend looking for a moose load for his Tikka 06, we used mid range book load & upped the charge weight till we reached an acceptable charge that was accurate & called it a day.
I don't remember the exact powder weight but it was 4350 powder with 180 Horns averaging 2800fps, is that to slow!

I read on Kenny Jarretts site that guns with tighter tolerences will have slower velocities.

I own a Tikka myself in .338 Federal, have not shot it yet. just put it together about 1 month ago. I am not a speed freak , just wondering what other folks had found. I'm thinking about a Tikka T3 or Vanguard S2 in 25-06. I want everyone to understand I am not being negative about Tikka, just curious .....goodshot

Sako/Tikka laps their barrels and they tend to run out the tolerance so a 284 is really a 294 . Their barrels suck

My 6.5x55 is running about normal. Most of the numbers I read on the internet are speculation anyway. People follow a recipe in a book and assume their gun is shooting the same speeds.

To the poster getting 30-30 speed from an '06...you are doing something wrong. Try a different powder.

My .223 and .270 seem to be in line with what I would expect from their respective barrel lengths with no real surprises.

My T 3 Lite 270 is not slow.

I'm running 130 HSP or Rem C L at 3100+ with IMR 7828.

Bll lenght is 22 7/16".

edited the fraction.

I am getting expected speeds with both my 223 and 308 Tikka T3s

IIRC, the majority of the reports of slow speed in a T3 were the WSM's.

My 24" .270WSM T3 shot factory cartridges more slowly than my 24" .270 Win Rem 700.

I had to stomp on the Magpro in the T3 to best that .270 Win 700. And then only by about 40-50 fps.

The Ross Seyfried test I referred to was of three different rifles chambered for the .270WSM. The T3 was 200-250 fps shy of the other two. He did report that it was accurate however.

I can easily get into the mid 3200's with a 130 in my 24" .270 Win.

Actually, I have heard a lot of complaints over the years regarding WSM speeds in all makes of rifles. The 270WSM didn't accomplish anything the standard 270 couldn't do, other than limit the number of rounds in the mag.