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Tikka short mag conundrum
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<blockquote data-quote="Crockett12" data-source="post: 2911115" data-attributes="member: 35100"><p>I'm 77 years old and as I get older, my rifles get lighter -- as I no longer want to carry the weight! ! I have a Tikka X3 in 270 WSM and don't find the recoil bad at all! I've developed loads for it in 110 Barnes TSX Tipped, 130 Hornady SST, 140 gr Hornady SST and 140 gr Barnes TSX Tipped and 150 gr Sierra SPBT -- and I've also tried several different types of powders in each bullet! So you see -- I've shot it a LOT off the bench and the recoil is a non-issue for me! Mine shoots the 110 Barnes, the 140 gr Hornady SST and the Sierra 150 gr the best using H-1000 with all 3 shot groups being 3/4 inch or smaller. The 110 Barnes being the best at 1/2 inch or smaller going 3460 fps using my chronograph!</p><p>I also had a Kimber Montana in 270 WSM and loved the rifle but with the exception of the 110 Barnes (which it shot 1/2 inch or smaller groups as well) I couldn't get the same accuracy with other bullet weights -- and the rifle was heavier than the Tikka -- so I sold the Kimber!</p><p>I harvested a mule deer a couple of years ago at about 150 yards using the Tikka and 110 gr Barnes TSX -- and I never found the bullet as it went straight through the shoulder and exited the far side!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crockett12, post: 2911115, member: 35100"] I'm 77 years old and as I get older, my rifles get lighter -- as I no longer want to carry the weight! ! I have a Tikka X3 in 270 WSM and don't find the recoil bad at all! I've developed loads for it in 110 Barnes TSX Tipped, 130 Hornady SST, 140 gr Hornady SST and 140 gr Barnes TSX Tipped and 150 gr Sierra SPBT -- and I've also tried several different types of powders in each bullet! So you see -- I've shot it a LOT off the bench and the recoil is a non-issue for me! Mine shoots the 110 Barnes, the 140 gr Hornady SST and the Sierra 150 gr the best using H-1000 with all 3 shot groups being 3/4 inch or smaller. The 110 Barnes being the best at 1/2 inch or smaller going 3460 fps using my chronograph! I also had a Kimber Montana in 270 WSM and loved the rifle but with the exception of the 110 Barnes (which it shot 1/2 inch or smaller groups as well) I couldn't get the same accuracy with other bullet weights -- and the rifle was heavier than the Tikka -- so I sold the Kimber! I harvested a mule deer a couple of years ago at about 150 yards using the Tikka and 110 gr Barnes TSX -- and I never found the bullet as it went straight through the shoulder and exited the far side! [/QUOTE]
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