Me or the rifle?

[nrpate05]

Certainly not me. Went to the range yesterday to figure out what ammo shot best out of my new Tikka T3x .30/06. This was the first load I tried. Can't say enough good things about the Tikka rifles and Barnes ammo. I tried the Federal Trophy Copper 165 grain as well and it shot probably a 1/2" group. Pretty impressed to say the least.

 

[Irrelevant]

holy sh!t, I wish I could get results like that!

 

[MThuntr]

That's unacceptable...send me that piece of junk so you don't have to mess with a poor shooter and buy a new one

 

[Walkathon]

Sweet group. You have a great shooting rifle on your hands.

 

[mdhunter]

Meh....lol

 

[Rzrbck918]

That'll do.

 

[noharleyyet]

Good shooting.....

 

[Jape]

Yeah..... that's decent Awesome that you don't have to spend more time finding a good load.

 

[Zootownelk]

You're high and right! I shoot a Sako A7 (similar to Tikka) with Barnes and get good results as well. Not THAT good though- congrats!

 

[nrpate05]

Thanks all, I figured I'd do a little humble brag. Just never expected to get those results. Still have to do some minor adjustments with windage and elevation then stretch out the distances.

 

[Pelican]

I believe it’s customary for the shooter to take credit for small groups and blame the rifle for any large groups. Nice shootin.

 

[SD_Prairie_Goat]

Nice shooting. Personally, when I talk about the grouping I shoot I will take the overall diameter between the holes, and then subtract the bullet diameter. If you do this it gives a better example of your skill.

For example, a .22 shooting a 1/2 in diameter grouping isn't nearly as impressive as doing that with say a .375 H&H.

0.5-.22= 0.28 center to center

0.5-.375= .125 center to center

It takes the bullet out of the equation basically. In your case that means you really shot closer to a 0.2" center to center grouping! Dang impressive!!