As always, Karl did amazing work and turned a 8 twist 22-250 tikka into my new 22 creed. Rechambered and cut and threaded the barrel 5/8'x24 at 19". He added in a seamless shoulder and also a thread cap until the suppressor gets out of jail. Suppressor is 6" long so will finish up around 25" barrel length.
The arken 4-16x44 is on it for now as I go through some load workup, but bit the bullet, and have on backorder a S&B 3-12X42 with Turret - the 4.8mil turret will get me out to 6-700 yards. I do think I will try to find a rail that doesn't set so high and lower rings. That will go on it permanently whenever it arrives. Got a bunch of 80 grain ELDx and H4350. Hoping to safely land in the 31-3200 FPS range. Rifle is going to be with me to chase deer and antelope in fall and maybe an elk - we will see, still talking myself into that...
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
Mountain Tactical 40 Mo/Mo 1913 extended rail and Swiffer Low's are tough to whoop for rugged reliability,surface area and ring spacing. All the things that are a scope's BEST friend. Hint.
Just sayin'...............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
Mountain Tactical 40 Mo/Mo 1913 extended rail and Swiffer Low's are tough to whoop for rugged reliability,surface area and ring spacing. All the things that are a scope's BEST friend. Hint.
Just sayin'...............
Thoughts on the leupold backcountry's on a tikka? If I move away from a rail setup, those are a bit intriguing....
Mountain Tactical 40 Mo/Mo 1913 extended rail and Swiffer Low's are tough to whoop for rugged reliability,surface area and ring spacing. All the things that are a scope's BEST friend. Hint.
Just sayin'...............
Thoughts on the leupold backcountry's on a tikka? If I move away from a rail setup, those are a bit intriguing....
If getting away from a rail, I'd be hard pressed to not give the Sportsmatch rings a look. Very pleased with mine and can't see a reason to change.
The Reupold BC's are sound,but on a Teeker's L/A receiver,I wanna do my scopes as many flavors as possible. Such things aid zero retention,tracking and repeats,by simply protecting guts. Hint.
BC's as compared to LW's. Reupold fasteners are vastly superior and there's more meat on the bone. Hint.
Swiffer Low's in a like-ish comparison. Hint.
I cain't let a 1913 rail go,on a Teeker. Especially T1X. Hint.
CTR rails are LOW. Hint.
Just sayin'...................
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
It's RELIABLY funnier than fhuqk,how a 1913 rail,ring spacing,good rings and a sound scope will take a lick or two. Hint.
It's never been difficult to know who shoots and who is riding the pine. Hint.
Just sayin'...............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
Admittedly,your Drooling Brokedicktitude IS funnier than fhuqk...you "lucky" kchunt. Hint. Congratulations?!?
Fortunately for you,Imagination,Pretend and Emoji's are free,so even YOU can "afford" to "contribute". Hint.
Fhuqking LAUGHING!...............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
Im going to see about picking up a set of the SWFA lows and see how much lower that brings me down to the bore...
I have swfa lows and a ss 3-9 mil/mil on my tikka 22-250. I'm shooting 80g elds in my tikka 22-250 8 twist. I prefer the 75s and 88s but I bought a bunch of 80s at half price a few years back. My 75s go in my 223 ai and my 88s are for my 7 twist 22 Creedmoor so the tikka got the 80s.
The first load I took up to pressure did under 1/2 moa with the 80s in the tikka so load development was short and stayed there. I've wondered if it will spin 88s enough but haven't tried it yet.
I've got enough of the 80s that I'll have to build a 22 arc AR to knock a dent it the pile. I'd trade them for 75s if I could. My 223AI faux Ti still gets used more than any other rifle but seeing this reminds me that I need to use the tikka 22-250 more. It shoots like tikkas are rumored to.
According to FORM, he advised me 8 twist tikka would have no problem shooting 88s...Pretty sure Stick shoots them as well......I will get to trying them at some point.
I do wish lapua would put out an 80-85 grain scenar - would shoot those in a heartbeat.
Everyone in the neighborhood,is gunning 88's in 8" Teeker 22-250's and only a couple are punched Speedmire. Hint.
Minutes ago,Montucky 7" Lilja Speedmire and 88's. Hint.
Swapped propellants today,to cut ES/SD(now single digits) and grabbed 85fps in the trade,then added .4 Mil to height. Skookum Fly Swatter parcel. Hint.............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
Bumped propellants from Super',to H4831,to eek load density and lose ES/SD. Hint...............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
It is 26'able,though I'm happy with 4831. Hint..............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
It's a Down & DIRTY No Frills Killing Rifle and there's not much to cuss mechanically. I wish the NightFarce 2.5-10x Mil-R was FFP,10 Mil's per revolution,had capped windage,locking elevation and a rheostat for illumination control,rather than push button. While reticles are subjective,the Mil-R is light in the loafers for our typical vegetation and thus the appeal of a far faster/easier illumination control. Was R&D'ing glass yesterday and nobody but the Athlon 2-12x,REALLY gets it right for killing. Hint.
I'll suffer along. Hint...............(grin)
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
I get what you’re saying about the Mil-R reticle, but I can’t get past the Athlon 25oz weight. It seems there isn’t an optic manufacturer that can get it exactly right. It’s maddening.
"The world breaks everyone,and afterward, some are strong at the broken places" Hemingway
Bumped propellants from Super',to H4831,to eek load density and lose ES/SD. Hint...............
Thanks I am listening and learning. I recently stumbled across a stash of H4831 and 6 lb followed me home. Laid in Alpha brass. Just waiting on Shaw to deliver the barrel. Ordered Nov 1. Should be here soon.
People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.
I started with h4831sc in my 22 Creedmoor and it worked so I haven't tried much else yet. I've been wondering if I could pick up a few fps with another powder but it sounds like h4831sc was a good choice.
Plus I always keep a good supply of h4831sc because that's what I run in my 300wsm with 215 hybrids and my 30-06s with 208s. I used to run it a lot in my 260 years ago with 140s. It always gave me low Sd's and good accuracy and burned clean.
It's one of my top 4 rifle powders along with h1000, h4350, and 8208xbr. I love those Australian powders. I'm actually working on a new load for a 6.5 Creedmoor with 147s and I'm going to give a good compressed load of h4831sc a try in there too. It always used to work well in my 6.5x284s as well. I also used 4831sc in my element 7 prc to fill my 2023 elk tag. But, I think I'm going to move the 7 prc to h1000 now that I found more of that.
I started running 48g 4831sc in 260s with 140s in 1996 and that load shot well in every 260 I've had since. If I can fit up to about 46g in a 6.5 Creedmoor it may do well there too. It looks like 45 will work but it's getting crunchy. So far it's most always been h4350 in my Creedmoors. I've tried a few others but never got around to 4831 until now. I also need to try h4831 in my 6 creedmoors. They've been on h4350 too.