Hi all,
Looking for tips as to which ammo shoots well out of your Tikka T3X Lite .243
Cheers
SCJ429 wrote:Do you have the ability to reload, otherwise it is pot luck.
Bridgy wrote:My T3 happily shoots 80gn Federal blue box ammo. Just under MOA. It shoots slightly heavier stuff even better - sub MOA on anything from 87-95gn. I've had good luck reloading the Hornady 95gn SST with a very basic Lee Classic Loader setup and 2209 - 1/2 - 3/4 MOA, but realistically you can achieve that from shop ammo.
Bridgy wrote:My T3 happily shoots 80gn Federal blue box ammo. Just under MOA. It shoots slightly heavier stuff even better - sub MOA on anything from 87-95gn. I've had good luck reloading the Hornady 95gn SST with a very basic Lee Classic Loader setup and 2209 - 1/2 - 3/4 MOA, but realistically you can achieve that from shop ammo.
2freeq wrote:Hi all,
Looking for tips as to which ammo shoots well out of your Tikka T3X Lite .243
Cheers
mickyj wrote:2freeq wrote:Hi all,
Looking for tips as to which ammo shoots well out of your Tikka T3X Lite .243
Cheers
I have a T3x Hunter Stainless in .243 since new and have tried a bunch of ammo and found that the Federal Powershok in 100grain is very accurate IMO. Its $34 / 20 at Horsely Park so is a good bit cheaper than some. I texted it at 50-100-200+ 300 meters and 375meters and was very happy.
2freeq wrote:Hi all,
Looking for tips as to which ammo shoots well out of your Tikka T3X Lite .243
Cheers
Bruiser64 wrote:I shoot 87 grain vmax’s with my t3x Lite .243. I am happy with how they go. Very effective on Roos and devastating on foxes.
YoungBuck wrote:2freeq wrote:Hi all,
Looking for tips as to which ammo shoots well out of your Tikka T3X Lite .243
Cheers
Each rifle varies, apart from hand loads which I make now, my rifle did shoot OSA Buffalo River 70 gr ammo quite well, but they were a bit expensive for me to continue buying - http://www.osaaustralia.com.au/products ... erra-hpbt/Bruiser64 wrote:I shoot 87 grain vmax’s with my t3x Lite .243. I am happy with how they go. Very effective on Roos and devastating on foxes.
Too heavy for these uses in my opinion (unless you are chest shooting roos). I've got the same rifle and currently have about 50x 87gr vmax's loaded. When shooting foxes, the projectile passes right through them with not as much damage as I'd like. I have switched to Hornady 65gr (v-max? cant remember the name - they have the red tip) and I have found they dump A LOT more energy into the target upon impact.
Edit - found an example - viewtopic.php?p=175328#p175328. This one was taken with 87gr, the hole you see is the exit. I don't get little holes like that with the 65gr pills.