Which Would Be Better For Accuracy

[Bigad 136]

A tikka t3 set up scope , mod and rings but that would be my full budget and a bit more saving shooting factory ammo or the howa 1500 stealth package scope rings bi pod mod and hard case then get a reloading kit too and have not broke budget ?

[Deker 3,478]

I'm not following the question, are you suggesting you could afford a bipod with a Howa but not the Tikka?

 

The Tikka wins for me but nothing wrong with Howa, as for accuracy, whichever has the bipod fitted will win!

[Bigad 136]

no the bipod is just a bouns in the deal the diffrance comes down to a t3 shooting factor ammo or a howa shooting home loads ?

[Deker 3,478]

no the bipod is just a bouns in the deal the diffrance comes down to a t3 shooting factor ammo or a howa shooting home loads ?

 

Personally, buy the Tikka, and then save up and reload when you have a few more pennies.

 

I have .223 and .243 in Tikka, and fortunately both mine do plenty well enough in the field with PRVI ammo.

 

Home loads are clover leaf at distance and pretty much same hole at 100.

[Tremo 138]

 

no the bipod is just a bouns in the deal the diffrance comes down to a t3 shooting factor ammo or a howa shooting home loads ?

 

Personally, buy the Tikka, and then save up and reload when you have a few more pennies.

 

I have .223 and .243 in Tikka, and fortunately both mine do plenty well enough in the field with PRVI ammo.

 

Home loads are clover leaf at distance and pretty much same hole at 100.

 

 

Spot on Deker. .

[ianm 2,594]

Tikka all day every day!

[zx10mike 137]

tikka for me but howa do shoot.

Edited February 16, 2016 by zx10mike

[devon flighter 421]

had a tikka it shot faultlessly with factory and home loads but if the howa means home loading go with the howa ,you then have the option of tweaking the load to suit .i also shoot a howa now

[hunter1 63]

Tikka ?

[Bigad 136]

had a tikka it shot faultlessly with factory and home loads but if the howa means home loading go with the howa ,you then have the option of tweaking the load to suit .i also shoot a howa now

So you having had both would you say that the howa is as accurate with home loads as the tikka with factory or are they both as good with factory the caliber I will be getting is 22-250 by the way

[Tremo 138]

 

had a tikka it shot faultlessly with factory and home loads but if the howa means home loading go with the howa ,you then have the option of tweaking the load to suit .i also shoot a howa now

So you having had both would you say that the howa is as accurate with home loads as the tikka with factory or are they both as good with factory the caliber I will be getting is 22-250 by the way

 

 

Let me know if you get one mate. I have some Redding dies here for a .22-250 (FL and NK) that I'm looking to sell. De-oiled, but never used. . Lapua brass as well, once-fired.

 

Also ......... just so you know, my Tikka was a .22-250. With my handloads I was shooting thumbnail size groups at 200 yards. Such an accurate rifle.

Edited February 17, 2016 by Tremo

[devon flighter 421]

 

had a tikka it shot faultlessly with factory and home loads but if the howa means home loading go with the howa ,you then have the option of tweaking the load to suit .i also shoot a howa now

So you having had both would you say that the howa is as accurate with home loads as the tikka with factory or are they both as good with factory the caliber I will be getting is 22-250 by the way

 

first my tikka was a 25-06 and i put a boyds thumbhole stock on it and glass and pillar bedded it ,my howa is a 223 in a boyds thumbhole stock glass and pillar bedded ,so other than caliber the same ,the tikka shot 3/4" at 100 with ppu in either its plastic bendy stock in the boyds tweaked stock it shot under 1/2" with ppu the howa shot the same groups with the boyds stock and some old 223 ammo of various brands as i hand load i havent put much factory ammo through the howa ! the tikka tweaked with hand loaded 117 and 75gn shot to better than 0 .6" at 200 yds ,my howa does the same !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

its a hard call personally i liked the tikka action better nothing wrong with the howa at all ( im having a semi custom 6.5x47 built on a howa action and my howa 223 now sports a begara barrel )i dont have the tikka now but have a sako same action ish so take your pic ,if you can wait a while and save to start reloading the tikka will always be easier to sell later on theres something about people looking down a bit on howas for some reason its your call ! personally i am not keen on plastic or composite stocks aesthetically and prefer wood so most of my guns are on laminate but thats just personal either of your choices will be fine BUT handloading WILL GET ADDICTIVE and it should really tighten your groups up, but factory through either will more than adequately do the job

 

oh if you do go down the reloading rout those dies of tremos as well of the brass will be a cracking start to accurate ammo

[Deker 3,478]

Bigad

 

As #12 above!

 

I think you are getting way too wrapped up in this accuracy, home brew/factory ammo business.

 

You are not going to find any significant difference in either rifle, there is nothing wrong with Tikka or Howa accuracy.

 

You are not talking target work here; in the field does it really matter if you get 0.5" or 0.6" groups? You get one chance for most shots, you don't get the privilege of various sighters at a fixed immovable point where you can weigh up windage, drop, etc.

 

For most people in the field, field craft and being able to read distance and the elements is far more important that a tiny fraction of an inch in a group.

 

As above again, I use PRVI/PPU almost exclusively in the field, it does me more than well enough, yes, I can tighten the groups with home brews, but so what, dead is dead!

 

ATB!

[charlie caller 3,654]

They are both capable of superb accuracy,it boils down to which one feels best, in your hands mate, both excellent rifles,I hate the synthetic stocks on both, so my Weatherby/Howa has a Boyds laminate stock on it, which free floated the barrel, and turned an already accurate rifle into an absolute death ray.

[Bigad 136]

Bigad

 

As #12 above!

 

I think you are getting way too wrapped up in this accuracy, home brew/factory ammo business.

 

You are not going to find any significant difference in either rifle, there is nothing wrong with Tikka or Howa accuracy.

 

You are not talking target work here; in the field does it really matter if you get 0.5" or 0.6" groups? You get one chance for most shots, you don't get the privilege of various sighters at a fixed immovable point where you can weigh up windage, drop, etc.

 

For most people in the field, field craft and being able to read distance and the elements is far more important that a tiny fraction of an inch in a group.

 

As above again, I use PRVI/PPU almost exclusively in the field, it does me more than well enough, yes, I can tighten the groups with home brews, but so what, dead is dead!

 

ATB!

Yes your right have been getting a bit obsessed but I suppose when they are hit with 22-250 they are dead seen a few clips for fox after they met the dangerous end of a 22-250 I'll go with what feels right in the shoulder