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I don't have any Tikka's in 6.5x55 but my Dad and I both have Sako 75's in 6.5x55. They both shoot really well. We both use Lapua brass and CCI BR-2's. With 139gr Scenars and N560 they will both shoot five shot groups under 0.3 inch @ 100 yrds. I have one five shot group from my rifle that's under 0.2 inches. Not bad for a walnut stocked hunting rifle w/ a 10x scope! For a hunting load we both shoot 130gr Swift Scirocco's w/ N560. Both guns will run under a half of an inch with that combo and it works great on game!
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My Tikka will hang or beat the accuracy of my customs. Pretty disheartening!
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I picked up a almost new Tikka Hunter 6.5x55 this fall. Off a bag of cat litter on the hood on my car, I sighted in my new Nikon Prostaff 3x9- 40 scope at 100 yards. I was shooting 2 inch groups. After I felt sighted in--just for fun--I paced off 200 yards and tried 3 more shots--I could've covered the holes with a quarter. This is with a hot barrel, new gun, factory (Hornady 139g) ammo. I was amazed. A week later, needless to say, this gun dropped it's first deer in its tracks. I'll buy another Tikka 6.5x55 for my wife or son one day--when I find one for sale.
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Mine will put three into an inch at 200 if I use the sandbags properly... This was using the first load I threw together - 46.5 gr RL22 and 140 gr Partitions.
In the past, I used this powder charge as a mil spec equivalent for my old Swedish Mausers but with Hornady SPs or Remington bulk 140 PSPs instead of the NPs. Loaded some left over Core-Lokts with the same charge and they grouped about 2" at 200 yds. Lots of free bore but everything seems concentric enough that it doesn't matter.
The only factory load I tried was Federal Fusion 140's which were going about1.5" - 1.75" at 200.
The gun is more accurate than I am.
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My Tikka 6.5 with any cup & core bullet is deadly accurate. When I try to shoot the Barnes or Hornady mono copper bullets accuracy is non existent. My much less expensive Savage 6.5 shoots the mono copper bullets into tiny little groups. GO figure.
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How accurate is your Tikka T3 6.5x55 rifle? About like this : And that is with an unstable wood stock:
Last edited by JGray; 02/23/18.
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I picked up a almost new Tikka Hunter 6.5x55 this fall. Off a bag of cat litter on the hood on my car, I sighted in my new Nikon Prostaff 3x9- 40 scope at 100 yards. I was shooting 2 inch groups. After I felt sighted in--just for fun--I paced off 200 yards and tried 3 more shots--I could've covered the holes with a quarter. This is with a hot barrel, new gun, factory (Hornady 139g) ammo. I was amazed. A week later, needless to say, this gun dropped it's first deer in its tracks. I'll buy another Tikka 6.5x55 for my wife or son one day--when I find one for sale. NEVER heard of groups going from 2inches at 100 yards to being able to cover with a quarter at 200. That must be some majical bullet.
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went" Will Rogers
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I picked up a almost new Tikka Hunter 6.5x55 this fall. Off a bag of cat litter on the hood on my car, I sighted in my new Nikon Prostaff 3x9- 40 scope at 100 yards. I was shooting 2 inch groups. After I felt sighted in--just for fun--I paced off 200 yards and tried 3 more shots--I could've covered the holes with a quarter. This is with a hot barrel, new gun, factory (Hornady 139g) ammo. I was amazed. A week later, needless to say, this gun dropped it's first deer in its tracks. I'll buy another Tikka 6.5x55 for my wife or son one day--when I find one for sale. NEVER heard of groups going from 2inches at 100 yards to being able to cover with a quarter at 200. That must be some majical bullet. It is not uncommon for 6.5 rifles to shoot tighter groups at 200 than 100. The bullets are long for their weight & tend to settle down & better stabilize better at longer range.
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