A rifle's gonna like what it likes... - 10/25/19
And it ain't necessarily what you want it to like. This is an addendum to the "double groupin' blues" thread.
Tried one last time to get the Hornady 75 grain ELD-M to shoot from my Tikka T3x Lite .22-250 1:8, and also loaded some of their 75 BTHP and two loads with the 68 BTHP. BC is in descending order for the bullets listed. Well, I probably don't need to tell you that this rifle likes bullets in inverse order to BC.
#1 and 2 are the 75 ELD-M at .050" and .090" off the lands, 9 rounds each. El sucko grande.
#2 is the 75 BTHP, 10 rounds. Acceptable, not great but not horrible for 10 shots. Eight of those are in .679".
#4 is the 68 BTHP, 34 gr. RL15 put 5 rounds into .436" at 3400 fps. Not bad for a "Lite" rifle, even a Tikka. #5 is the same bullet with one more grain of powder, group opened up and it only gives another 55 fps so it looks like I hit a good load on the first try.
Taken all together, these groups are giving me a message. And that message is that I now have a good excuse to go buy a 6mm Creedmoor. Probably going to get a Ruger Predator to get my feet wet.
And that sonuvabitch better like the Hornady 108 gr. ELD-M...
Tried one last time to get the Hornady 75 grain ELD-M to shoot from my Tikka T3x Lite .22-250 1:8, and also loaded some of their 75 BTHP and two loads with the 68 BTHP. BC is in descending order for the bullets listed. Well, I probably don't need to tell you that this rifle likes bullets in inverse order to BC.
#1 and 2 are the 75 ELD-M at .050" and .090" off the lands, 9 rounds each. El sucko grande.
#2 is the 75 BTHP, 10 rounds. Acceptable, not great but not horrible for 10 shots. Eight of those are in .679".
#4 is the 68 BTHP, 34 gr. RL15 put 5 rounds into .436" at 3400 fps. Not bad for a "Lite" rifle, even a Tikka. #5 is the same bullet with one more grain of powder, group opened up and it only gives another 55 fps so it looks like I hit a good load on the first try.
Taken all together, these groups are giving me a message. And that message is that I now have a good excuse to go buy a 6mm Creedmoor. Probably going to get a Ruger Predator to get my feet wet.
And that sonuvabitch better like the Hornady 108 gr. ELD-M...