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I finally got my rifle back to its old self after cleaning. It took about 200 rounds. Lesson here is pull a bore snake through my rifle after every range trip and avoid cleaning until absolutely necessary. Also for anyone who hasn’t tried it try some of the Eley Contact. There is something with that 42 grain bullet and the little higher velocity that our rifles just loves. The 50 and 100 yard groups we were getting out of both our rifles were amazing. It shot better than any other ammo I have tried inside 100. I didn’t shoot any groups beyond 100 but I could consistently hit a 1 1/2” spinner at 150, 3” steel at 200 and a 6” steel at 300 with it which is good enough for me.
Eley Contact - interesting. I see it for $30 for 300 rounds so that's not a bad price at all. $5 a box of 50 is cheaper than their lowest line - Target that I've been using.
I bought a bunch of Eley Match Pistol until I realized that Pistol is a bit slower and falls apart > 50m... I should've just bought Eley Match normal. Now I'm trying to find someone to trade ammo with.
I shot some of the more expensive Eley but the performance just wasn’t there to justify the price. Up until now I have been using Edge but the Contact Actually shoots better. It also shoots flatter and better in the wind. I was dialing 13.4 mils at 300 yards with the edge and am dialing 12.5 mils with the Contact. This is with a 50 yd zero. The difference in wind isn’t quite so dramatic but still better.
The really crazy thing is the 10/22 I just built for my son absolutely loves the cheap Eley Force. It shoots freakishly well. Every time I shoot it I figure I just got lucky and then shoot another group smaller. It shoots well enough that I can hit the 1/4” spinner on a KYL 10 out of 10 times at 50 yards almost every time. I don’t know what I did right building that rifle but all the stars seemed to align and I’ll probably never be able to do it again.
Additional results from yesterday with SK+. Shot some Eley contact but wasn’t impressed with it in my rifle.
Note: these groups significantly tightened up after torquing my action into the KRG at 30in lbs compared to 65in lbs.
Within the first 100rds.
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Top left is the first 10rds after getting it back from Beretta.
Bottom group is right after walking steel from 210 to 130yds.
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... I'm going to go home and untighten my Bravo down to 30in lbs from the 65 Maybe that'll fix my groups
I have my MDT at 50. I think they recommend 60, but my torque wrench only goes to 50 ?. Shoots fantastic though.There is a video out there of action screw torque tests. Utah Shooter perhaps?
They went from 5 in/lb to 40 in/lb (I think). I haven’t ran any tests to see where my gun shoots best with the Tikka in the XLR, but I’m currently using 40 in/lb.
In the original Tupperware stock, I tried 25, 30 & 35. My rifle shot best at 30 in/lb. Never went any further with the plastic stock as I knew I was going to the XLR Element.
If time allows, I’ll test it like they did in the video, but right now she shoots great.
John
Best ammo to run through the T1X? Just got mine today!
Start with a couple different lot #s of Lapua Center X. Work down from there.
Additional results from yesterday with SK+. Shot some Eley contact but wasn’t impressed with it in my rifle.
Note: these groups significantly tightened up after torquing my action into the KRG at 30in lbs compared to 65in lbs.
Within the first 100rds.
That doesn't surprise me, I keep mine at 20 in/lbs. I have never went above 40 on anything.Note: these groups significantly tightened up after torquing my action into the KRG at 30in lbs compared to 65in lbs.
I would recommend the higher end SK.I'm going to try decreasing the torque on mine since it's shooting sub par, even with SK ammo. I have it at 65 lbs.
I'm going to try decreasing the torque on mine since it's shooting sub par, even with SK ammo. I have it at 65 lbs.
I would recommend the higher end SK.
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Woooah your rifle or lot of SK+ did not go well together. My last 1000 rounds of SK+ shot about 1.1" at 100 yards.
Just got off email from International Barrels Inc and they're just about ready to sell in the US. They asked me what I wanted... which I have no idea since I've never bought barrels before.
If I had bought a Vudoo, people talk about 18" Kukri barrel, which I'm not sure what that means but it's popular. Any advice / recommendations on what kind of barrel profile to order for the Tikka? I don't really want a 16" shorty as I would like to somewhat be similar to my centerfire which is 20-22". I was considering 18". Is it worth fluting the barrel? Seems more of aesthetics / weight, but if I'm looking at making my rifle more centerfire like, then I'd just skip the fluting. I don't need to get rid of heat as 22 doesn't really build that much heat.
I would recommend the higher end SK.
Pretty anecdotal, but I've never shot any sub 1" @ 100 yds groups with Eley Target before.. reducing the torque down to 35 from 65 so far has helped... I did 4 sub 1" groups yesterday with Target, whereas before it was only possible to get sub 1" from me using Tenex.
I tried SK Standard Plus, Rifle, and Long Range but they all shot about the same as cheap ammo. Either I’m a really bad shot of something is not setup right with my rifle.
I need to play with the torque.
Just got off email from International Barrels Inc and they're just about ready to sell in the US. They asked me what I wanted... which I have no idea since I've never bought barrels before.
If I had bought a Vudoo, people talk about 18" Kukri barrel, which I'm not sure what that means but it's popular. Any advice / recommendations on what kind of barrel profile to order for the Tikka? I don't really want a 16" shorty as I would like to somewhat be similar to my centerfire which is 20-22". I was considering 18". Is it worth fluting the barrel? Seems more of aesthetics / weight, but if I'm looking at making my rifle more centerfire like, then I'd just skip the fluting. I don't need to get rid of heat as 22 doesn't really build that much heat.
Ryan's word, straight from him exactly as he said it. I wanted the shnoob end so threading was out for me anyway.The boys in the shop refuse to thread barrels?
Okay, was fluting extra? I got the price of $319.
Am I going to need to go to a gunsmith to install/properly headspace the gun? I don't mind it not being threaded I guess... leave my suppressor for my 10/22. Someone mentioned how horrible it was to remove the barrel. I wonder if I should just ship my rifle to IBI and have them do it all and ship it back.
What made you choose 20" over 16 or 18. Rimfire velocity wise caps out at 16.5"?
Should cost you around $350. No tax, $30 shipping.
Whos rifle in the photo?