spoiledsaskhunter
01-29-2015, 10:20 AM
firstly...........I am not affiliated with tikka nor leupold, nor do I sell anything.
The Story:
yesterday I was out hunting 'yotes and the first one in died an unnatural death @ 200 yds...right through the gizzard. nothing too interesting in that; it's the way things should go.
fast fwd a few miles to a dog lying all curled up on a hill I couldn't sneak. he wasn't interested in any sound I could make.......laid there looking my way. even got up and stretched, yawned, and laid back down. I ranged him @ 572 yds, wound up my scope, held right on him and wacked him. he was still moving so I missed him an inch high with my second shot, then made him still with my third.
I shot one earlier this winter @ 626 yds, but had to do some Kentucky:sHa_shakeshout: windage on him, 'cause there was a little breeze, so chocked it up to a lucky shot.
I'm shooting a tikka t3 s/syn in 22.250. it has a loopy 6.5X20 VX111 with target turrets. the repeatability and accuracy of this thing, in my mind, is nothing short of amazing. it's bone stock, right out of the box, and all I've ever done is tinker with loads to find one it likes (36 gr imr 4895....52 gr a-max....cci primers). I've hunted for 50 yrs and can honestly say, I don't think I've ever owned another rifle that would shoot like this, though in fairness, I've never put a scope like this one on another rifle either.
The Question:
Is this accuracy/repeatability a normal thing? Do you long range shooters find other makes/models that are just as good? didn't say in my story that the first dog was shot @ 10X and the second was shot @ 20x, which adds another degree of variability.
I've got a friend in sask who has a custom gun that cost him several thousands of dollars.......it shoots like a machine, but after all, it's not an 'out of the box gun', either
The Story:
yesterday I was out hunting 'yotes and the first one in died an unnatural death @ 200 yds...right through the gizzard. nothing too interesting in that; it's the way things should go.
fast fwd a few miles to a dog lying all curled up on a hill I couldn't sneak. he wasn't interested in any sound I could make.......laid there looking my way. even got up and stretched, yawned, and laid back down. I ranged him @ 572 yds, wound up my scope, held right on him and wacked him. he was still moving so I missed him an inch high with my second shot, then made him still with my third.
I shot one earlier this winter @ 626 yds, but had to do some Kentucky:sHa_shakeshout: windage on him, 'cause there was a little breeze, so chocked it up to a lucky shot.
I'm shooting a tikka t3 s/syn in 22.250. it has a loopy 6.5X20 VX111 with target turrets. the repeatability and accuracy of this thing, in my mind, is nothing short of amazing. it's bone stock, right out of the box, and all I've ever done is tinker with loads to find one it likes (36 gr imr 4895....52 gr a-max....cci primers). I've hunted for 50 yrs and can honestly say, I don't think I've ever owned another rifle that would shoot like this, though in fairness, I've never put a scope like this one on another rifle either.
The Question:
Is this accuracy/repeatability a normal thing? Do you long range shooters find other makes/models that are just as good? didn't say in my story that the first dog was shot @ 10X and the second was shot @ 20x, which adds another degree of variability.
I've got a friend in sask who has a custom gun that cost him several thousands of dollars.......it shoots like a machine, but after all, it's not an 'out of the box gun', either