223 tikka varmint with 80 gr bergers

[25tikka]

Just got all my stuff together along with a lightly used stainless tikka varmint with 1 in 8 twist. Loading 80 gr berger VLDs. Looking for any advice on this set up. I will be trying varget and H335. I have a few set to the lands and a few set to magazine length.....considerable difference. I have read all the posts I could find on search and hoping someone else has tried this combination.

 

[Mystic Precision]

I have only used this bullet in a Pac Nor 7 twist match barrel. Here I set the OAL to have the bullet just off the lands and adjusted my powder charge to tune.

Varget is my powder of choice lit by either a BR4 or 450 primer in Win cases. AMounts were within print levels.

Bullets were superbly accurate in my barrel.

Jerry