Thread: tikka270

Originally Posted by Martz

thanks Bill, tru so i cant just get bullets from the shop for this type of shooting? to make a sucsesful kill shot

The Federal blue box will get you there if your rifle shoots it well...Just!

Have consistently put the 130's into 6" at 500 yards in light winds out of my Tikka .270 which shoots .5 MOA at 100 with them.
Was practicing a couple of weeks ago with a mate (uplandstalker) who is also on the forum. Think he was a bit surprised to see them hitting consistently at that range...but just so you know it can be done!
BC is low at .360 and retained energy at 500 is around 1070 ft-lbs out of my rifle so on the limits of recommended acceptable energy for deer at that range.
There are much better factory rounds if your not reloading though.
Try the Hornady Superformance with the 140 SST. BC is much better at .495.
Should give you about 300 more ft-lbs at 500 yards.

Originally Posted by Martz

cheers Gibo good to know. are you taking down game at that distance?

Yeah Martz, although they were only goats at 300m I got 3 in a row at 300m with Norma soft point factory ammo. All kill shots.
My gat is zeroed at 200 so didnt even hold over.

I have 100% confidence at 300 and would love to nab a deer at that distance but the bush around here is a bit thick.

One of the guys at my club uses a tasco scope,

Tasco Target & Varmint Riflescope 6-24x 42mm

$269....

For 500m well good enough.

I use a nikko-stirling on the club gun...out to 1000 yds...Im failing to see why "good" glass ie 2kplus is needed....I really feel its over-hyped.

If you want to read up on barrels these are good,

http://www.riflebarrels.com/articles...f_accuracy.htm

http://www.riflebarrels.com/articles...l_accurate.htm

http://www.riflebarrels.com/articles...oat_angles.htm

When you start exposing scopes to being bumped about, extreme temperatures, needing them to track consistently, shooting in low light, high recoil and have been let down because of the above by lesser scopes...you will understand why "good glass" is not overrated!
You don't necessarily have to spend 2000 on it but a succession of cheaper, lesser quality scopes will eventually teach you what a lot of us on here have taken years to learn!

Ah well there is good glass and massively over-the top then...

So sure a Leopold or similar would be where I'll be looking once I'd saved the $s. But for myself I'll probably be buying the tasco because it will do me for now and I'll spend as much as I can on the rifle up front instead. ie Ive seen ppl trying to use Remington 700s and sure they see the target bull better with "decent" glass but they cant hit it....

regards

Cant go past the superslams for the money track flawlessly.

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I wouldnt ever reccomend a tasco



Ever.

Mines never failed me on the .308. Not sure what it would be like If I started dialing it and being ruff with it but it holds under 1" at 100m

the last one I had got thrown out of my lounge window.
POS

You're just scopist

Originally Posted by Bill999

I wouldnt ever reccomend a tasco



Ever.

Well for $300 ish what then? bear in mind I'm cash strapped for a year then sure a nice scope...

Probly the ultimate bang for buck scope. Dial well too.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=571006868

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Originally Posted by Bill999

I wouldnt ever reccomend a tasco



Ever.

What he said

With that tasco if you look in the general direction of the sun they blur up so bad you can't see a barn door at 50 yards.
(My experience with them anyway)

The old tasco world class made 10 years+ ago were a different story