allthegearandnoidea wrote:Bought a Howa barrelled action and put it in a Bell and Carlson stock
Ive put a box of Sellier and Bellot 140 grainers through it today and managed sub .5 MOA with a 3 shot group at 100 metres. I'm hoping to be able to achieve 1" groups at 200
Has anyone reloaded SST 140's for this ? I'm not planning on bedding the action at this stage but has anyone got any advice on the hact trigger - it's seems pretty heavy to me - is it adjustable down to 1.5 lbs?
congrats on your grouping/set up
140sst work really well in my 6.5x55 tikka t3 , B&C stock . sst seem hit and miss but. i'm on my second 30-06 , both shoot 150sst around 3/4 ", but both couldn't shoot 165sst under 1 1/2
when this happens i go to nosler accubonds or BT's .very consistant projectiles in performance . 165 nosler shoot around .8" in my 30-06 without much stuffing around . yes nosler's are more expensive , but these are hunting rifles and i value projectile ballistic performance on game over a little more cost. i've found the sst to be tempremental in some of my rifles, very reliable in my 6.5 tikka however
from what i've read 129sst are the go to projectile in the CM , or 130 accubonds for hunting projectiles . the swede is less limited with seating out in most magazines . depending on the rifle, the 130gn in the CM doesn't intrude on case capacity for powder as much as the 140's .
as for the trigger, i beleive their adjustable, but i fit timneys on my rifles if i want a better trigger . never felt the need to alter tikka/sako triggers but
i'm sure some CM shooters on this forum will be able to add more relevant info