tikka t3 looking for an accurate 223 factory load

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whats your most accurate 223 factory load in your tikka ?.....i have a nice aftermarket bell and carlson stock on a tikka t3 and it sports a very decent burris scope...i have checked screws on scope and stock and tried 4-5 different brands of factory ammo still cant get better than 1.25-1.50 groups at a hundred yards....i own 4 tikkas in different calibers and they all shoot under an inch ...help....what do you use/recommend in your tikka ?
 
Tagged for interest I have one in .223 as well that I haven't had time to bring to range

Got lots of bulk rem .223 55g but sounds like I might be disappointed with the results going by what the OP is saying
 
My t3x stainless shoots Hornaday 143gr precision hunter into .250" groups.

For real.

Ah #### for some reason I thought this was a 6.5cm thread. Ignore me. Sorry
 
Have a friend with a Tikka 223. He had to go to heavier bullets. Once he did his groups are tight which I have witnessed. Can't recall for sure but am thinking 70 ish grain bullets. all factory.
 
As mentioned above bullet weight is important in faster twist barrels. 50-62gr bullets won’t shoot near as tight as premium or match grade bullets of 68gr and above.
 
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Try some 69 gr Federal Gold Medal. I think Hornady also makes a 75 gr match load that should work. If you went with handloads 25 gr of Varget with an 80 gr SMK will work out to 1000 yards.
 
maynard said:
Try some 69 gr Federal Gold Medal. I think Hornady also makes a 75 gr match load that should work. If you went with handloads 25 gr of Varget with an 80 gr SMK will work out to 1000 yards.
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If the OP is using the factory T3X .223 magazines he will run into OAL issues with most of the long and heavies.
Tikka sh@t the bed when they decided to feed a fast twist,long throated barrel with such a COAL restrictive magazine, there's ways around it but it will cost some money.
 
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Ipscshooters said:
Tagged for interest I have one in .223 as well that I haven't had time to bring to range

Got lots of bulk rem .223 55g but sounds like I might be disappointed with the results going by what the OP is saying
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The OP’s gun has no bearing on yours. Every firearm may shoot a different load with better or worse accuracy. That said, I can’t help with a factory suggestion as I reload for any hunting or target shooting purposes.
 
I have a Tikka T3x with a stainless barrel and I am using Federal Gold Match 69 and 77 grain with repeatable sub MOA results. Bulk 55 grain does pretty good for ringing steel but it seems to prefer the heavier stuff. I was at my LGS yesterday and picked up a few boxes to try different loads.
 
I tried some Sako 55gr, gamehead ammo in my T3 Varmint 223. Nothing better than 1.25". Bought it mainly for the brass which i load with heavier bullets in the 68 to 75 gr range.
 
I have a T3 with the 8” twist and have the same problem 1.5 -2” groups at 100 yards is pretty disappointing for a rifle like this. Admittedly I have only tried a few brands of ammo, up to 64 grains.
 
Proof that rifles are individuals. Sako 55s shot good in mine.

Saw a young guy shooting hornady superperformance. Don't know the weight but they were sub .75 inch.

Lapua 69s were hit and miss for me. I blame going back to shift work and too much coffee.

Federal bulk 55s wouldn't do better than 2 inches.

Handload 60g vmax and they shoot so good in 3 tikkas I haven't tried anything else.
 
If you're shooting factory ammo then twenty-round boxes of a few different bullet weights and brands and groups shot with each should let you find out what your rifle likes.

Reloaders can play with a few variables to tune to a rifle.
 
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