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I know, nothing new about my Tikka love, but I got to shoot a bit today and I liked the results.
I'm a Tikka homer, especially in 7mm-08. I had some time this morning so I rolled a few 150 ELDX loads using Big Game and headed down the hill to shoot at 300 and 400 yards. I got a new bipod I wanted to try and it's been awhile since I burned powder away from a bench.
I set up the 12" gong at 300 yards to start. My range cards are calibrated for 4200' elevation so I came down a couple of clicks. As you can see, my first shot was a bit low, so I came up 2 more clicks and shot three more. Not bad. Quite a bit of wind from left to right, so I had to hold about halfway from the left edge to the red dot.
That was fun, let's try 400 before the wind gets really bad. I painted the target and moved back 100 yards. That 12" gong looked pretty small but I made it pay.
The group is 2.9" center to center, or 0.7 MOA. Prone off a bipod, in 90 degree heat, I can live with that. And yes, that is a bullseye in the red dot.
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I'm a Tikka homer, especially in 7mm-08. I had some time this morning so I rolled a few 150 ELDX loads using Big Game and headed down the hill to shoot at 300 and 400 yards. I got a new bipod I wanted to try and it's been awhile since I burned powder away from a bench.
I set up the 12" gong at 300 yards to start. My range cards are calibrated for 4200' elevation so I came down a couple of clicks. As you can see, my first shot was a bit low, so I came up 2 more clicks and shot three more. Not bad. Quite a bit of wind from left to right, so I had to hold about halfway from the left edge to the red dot.
That was fun, let's try 400 before the wind gets really bad. I painted the target and moved back 100 yards. That 12" gong looked pretty small but I made it pay.
The group is 2.9" center to center, or 0.7 MOA. Prone off a bipod, in 90 degree heat, I can live with that. And yes, that is a bullseye in the red dot.
P