.223 40Gr Vmax With N130

[IanB 0]

Tried some different loads using .223 and 40gr vmax, best up to now was 24.4gr of N130, neck sized hornady brass and 30thou of lands.

[Underdog 2,337]

Spot on. Getting too close to the lands is not always better.

[IanB 0]

Factory 40gr vmax goups well also and thats 30 thou off my lands.

[.357shooter 1,207]

nothing wrong with the last group.what rifle have you got ?.and what distance ?

[IanB 0]

Tikka T3x at a 100yds

[.357shooter 1,207]

i should have bought a tikka but as they did not have one in the shop when my ticket came back and i was done waiting i took the only .223 they had in the shop.big mistake buying the rem 700

[IanB 0]

Cannot go wrong with Tikka's, fit a cheap £10 trigger spring and your laughing.

[Underdog 2,337]

i should have bought a tikka but as they did not have one in the shop when my ticket came back and i was done waiting i took the only .223 they had in the shop.big mistake buying the rem 700

I bought a 700 several years ago. Not a patch on the old ones!

The trigger was aweful.

It took me six hours to stone the trigger!

It shot lousy until I noticed the bolt handle was touching the stock when in battery!

I got it sorted in the end but said never again unless an 80's bdl!

[Elliott 436]

Bloody good group Ian! Did you get any chrono reads? Bet with Vhit 130 you'll smash 3,700fps

[IanB 0]

Bloody good group Ian! Did you get any chrono reads? Bet with Vhit 130 you'll smash 3,700fps

 

Not yet Elliot plan to when I get chance, I was half tempted to get a labradar not sure if wind will affect them though...

 

I did work the load upto 25.4 and the groups were still good, but I started getting slight cratering on the primers...

 

I'll update velocity when I get chance...

[Outback 1 26]

Good job done there , I use the 55grn in a 22.250 with very good results , you can be confident out to as far as you like with good load development .

 

ATB

[archiekale 427]

Cannot go wrong with Tikka's, fit a cheap £10 trigger spring and your laughing.

where did you get the trigger spring ian cheers stuart

[IanB 0]

 

Cannot go wrong with Tikka's, fit a cheap £10 trigger spring and your laughing.

where did you get the trigger spring ian cheers stuart

 

 

I orginally got one from riflecraft I think, but it took forever to come, months, so I ordered another from Dave at Valkyrie rifles, came quicker and was cheaper..

[David.evans 5,323]

Just bought a t3x , why change the trigger Ian ?

[IanB 0]

Just bought a t3x , why change the trigger Ian ?

 

David makes a big difference to accuracy , when a trigger is too heavy you can pull a shot very easily... Lighter trigger, your not pulling off target.

 

For the sake of £10 no brainer and makes the trigger around 1lb in pull weight, got one in my Tikka .243 and .223 ..