Went out this morning to complete this battle - was the perfect morning as zero wind......how often does that happen!
The set up - Tikka on the left and 453 on the right with target 50 m's away. Left target for the Tikka and right target for the CZ.
First up was comparing all my gopher rounds to see which rifle performed the best with said ammo.
To make this as fair as possible I used the same lot/box of ammo for each rifle going from the Tikka to the CZ, one brand at a time.
Did this on all 18 brands of gopher ammo. After each five shot group, I would fire 5 shots of the next brand off target to condition the barrel for the next 5 shot group of that ammo.
I also compared 4 brands of target ammo but did not fire 5 rounds between each brand change as did not have enough ammo on hand as wanted to try the 5 shot/5 groups in 1/2 inch challenge to see if I could make that happen
In hindsight, I should of shot the target ammo first as after 3 hours of shooting my concentration was down not to mention my eyes were strained/blurred from looking through scopes for that long - still s##t ton of fun
The results were rather interesting as certain ammo brands performed well on one but poorly on the other.
The results:
For the Tikka, the smallest three gopher ammo groups were:
.269" - CCI Velocitor
.362" - CCI Segmented HP
.387 - CCI Mini-Mag 40 gr.
For the CZ, the smallest three gopher ammo groups were:
.437" - American Eagle 38 gr.
.454 - Federal H.V. Match. (Worst group with the Tikka)
.488 - Federal Hunter Match
For the Tikka, the largest three gopher ammo groups were:
1.331" - Federal HV Match
1.329 - Aguila Interceptor H.P.
1.295 - CCI Stinger
For the CZ, the largest three gopher ammo groups were:
1.210" - Blazer
1.101" - Aquila Super Extra H.P.
1.031" - Yellow Jackets
For the Tikka, the total average group size of all 20 groups = .834"
For the CZ, the total average group size of all 20 groups = .761"
Target ammo results: 5 shot groups with 5 groups of each ammo brand.
Tikka: CCI S.V = .516 average of all 5 groups
Sk Standard Plus = .426" average of all 5 groups
Sk Rifle Match = .391 average of all 4 groups (thought box was full but only had 40 rounds)
Lapua Center-X = .512 average of all 5 groups
Smallest Tikka group was .251" from Lapua Centre-X
CZ: CCI S.V. = .701 average of all 5 groups
Sk Standard Plus = .472" average of all 5 groups
Sk Rifle Match = .280" average of all 4 groups
Lapua Center-X = .591" average of all 5 groups
Smallest CZ group was .143" from Sk Rifle Match
The set up - Tikka on the left and 453 on the right with target 50 m's away. Left target for the Tikka and right target for the CZ.
First up was comparing all my gopher rounds to see which rifle performed the best with said ammo.
To make this as fair as possible I used the same lot/box of ammo for each rifle going from the Tikka to the CZ, one brand at a time.
Did this on all 18 brands of gopher ammo. After each five shot group, I would fire 5 shots of the next brand off target to condition the barrel for the next 5 shot group of that ammo.
I also compared 4 brands of target ammo but did not fire 5 rounds between each brand change as did not have enough ammo on hand as wanted to try the 5 shot/5 groups in 1/2 inch challenge to see if I could make that happen
In hindsight, I should of shot the target ammo first as after 3 hours of shooting my concentration was down not to mention my eyes were strained/blurred from looking through scopes for that long - still s##t ton of fun
The results were rather interesting as certain ammo brands performed well on one but poorly on the other.
The results:
For the Tikka, the smallest three gopher ammo groups were:
.269" - CCI Velocitor
.362" - CCI Segmented HP
.387 - CCI Mini-Mag 40 gr.
For the CZ, the smallest three gopher ammo groups were:
.437" - American Eagle 38 gr.
.454 - Federal H.V. Match. (Worst group with the Tikka
).488 - Federal Hunter Match
For the Tikka, the largest three gopher ammo groups were:
1.331" - Federal HV Match
1.329 - Aguila Interceptor H.P.
1.295 - CCI Stinger
For the CZ, the largest three gopher ammo groups were:
1.210" - Blazer
1.101" - Aquila Super Extra H.P.
1.031" - Yellow Jackets
For the Tikka, the total average group size of all 20 groups = .834"
For the CZ, the total average group size of all 20 groups = .761"
Target ammo results: 5 shot groups with 5 groups of each ammo brand.
Tikka: CCI S.V = .516 average of all 5 groups
Sk Standard Plus = .426" average of all 5 groups
Sk Rifle Match = .391 average of all 4 groups (thought box was full but only had 40 rounds)
Lapua Center-X = .512 average of all 5 groups
Smallest Tikka group was .251" from Lapua Centre-X
CZ: CCI S.V. = .701 average of all 5 groups
Sk Standard Plus = .472" average of all 5 groups
Sk Rifle Match = .280" average of all 4 groups
Lapua Center-X = .591" average of all 5 groups
Smallest CZ group was .143" from Sk Rifle Match
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