Thread: Tikka T3 producing slooooow velocities

Originally Posted by R93

There are such things as slow barrels but there are a number of other things that could maybe effect your results.

What chrony were you using?
How fresh are the batteries?
What was the light like? Was it consistent or intermittent cloud?
Were you shooting at the same target from the same position as your mate?

Were you using the same batch of ammo?
How fast did you shoot your string?

How fouled was your barrel prior to shooting? If clean it could take a number of shots to foul.
Did the velocity increase as the barrel warmed?
What was the ES like?
Shoot it again on another day. If velocities are the same then maybe you con problem solve from there.

As for you .260 I would just be happy with the accuracy.




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The make of chrony is "shooting chrony".
The battery was average in age I guess.
The weather was sunny with little cloud and shot from the exact same position.

My speeds in order were: 2884, 2886, 2899, 2881 so ES was only 18fps.
Barrel was already fouled.

I was just amazed that under the exact same conditions my rifle was so much slower.
The slow chrony speeds with my 260 have proved accurate, as my ballistic calculator has been true out too 600 yards.

I'm thinking I'll just have to put it down as one of lifes small mysteries.
Again, I'm not too worried, more wanting to see if anyone could explain why.