Remington vs Sako .204
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Blacknsilver
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I have a semi custom .204 Remington 700. Macmillan thumb hole stock. 1-10 twist stainless fluted PAC NOR barrel 21in jewel trigger with a candy twist bolt. Finished off with an evo moderator.
Using 28gr of H4895 I have shot tight groups out to 300 yards. Less than .4 of an inch.
The top feed can occasionally be a little fuzzy. It's only 3 shot. After market stuff is in abundance.
I paid £900 for it and it's been a joy to shoot.
A semi custom rifle will be my next one as well. Get it right and it puts a smile on your face every time you pull the trigger.
Barrel length from a good source your not losing much feet per second from 24-21. It's fast and flat as it is. 3800 out of mine I think.
.204. Love it.
Using 28gr of H4895 I have shot tight groups out to 300 yards. Less than .4 of an inch.
The top feed can occasionally be a little fuzzy. It's only 3 shot. After market stuff is in abundance.
I paid £900 for it and it's been a joy to shoot.
A semi custom rifle will be my next one as well. Get it right and it puts a smile on your face every time you pull the trigger.
Barrel length from a good source your not losing much feet per second from 24-21. It's fast and flat as it is. 3800 out of mine I think.
.204. Love it.
C h r i s
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Chrono'd a 23.5" .204 T3X a couple of weeks ago, using Hornady 32gn factory rounds. Was getting an average of 3990ft/sec. A 20" T3 lite tested late last year was around 3830ft/sec. That reduction in velocity equates to an extra 1" drop at 300 yards, not huge but I use NV so appreciate a very flat trajectory.
My drop chart for the 23.5" is as follows (75 / 190 yard zero).
0.5" rise at 100 - 160 yds
1" drop at 225 yds
2" drop at 250 yds
3" drop at 275 yds
5" drop at 300 yds
My drop chart for the 23.5" is as follows (75 / 190 yard zero).
0.5" rise at 100 - 160 yds
1" drop at 225 yds
2" drop at 250 yds
3" drop at 275 yds
5" drop at 300 yds
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My 52gr 223 can beat that says the calculator. 75 yard zero and im half inch high at 100 and then only 3.8" low at 300. scope height makes a huge difference. As for accuracy the Tikka will be better. Mine does 5 shots touching at 100 with dirty home loads with zero development in a MDT chassis
jthyttin
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I guess it's possible with warm load and ridiculously high scope (nv compatibility) but again, you're almost 1.5" high at 160yish, compared to the claimed 0.5".
Just scope height of 2.25 inch which is actually not bad. I think it's winning out to 400 which is as far I'm ever going to shoot really. Energy difference is negligible also. I'm going 40gr now which is even better with Another bonus is 80 euros for Z max 500 bullets!
jthyttin
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I doubt it's going to happen with 2.25" scope height. Was thinking more like 3.5". Or otherwise you'd have to boost the velocity near 1200m/s / 3950fps.
Don't know your actual parameters but JBM shows this for 52gr A-Max (Litz data) 1050m/s / 3450fps:
- 75y/170y zero (75y zero was my target parameter)
- 0.4" high at 100y
- highest point 0.5" at 115-130y
- 7.1" low at 300y
http://jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmtraj_simp-5.1.cgi
Don't know your actual parameters but JBM shows this for 52gr A-Max (Litz data) 1050m/s / 3450fps:
- 75y/170y zero (75y zero was my target parameter)
- 0.4" high at 100y
- highest point 0.5" at 115-130y
- 7.1" low at 300y
http://jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmtraj_simp-5.1.cgi
My data was based on 3300 fps.
The 40gr I'm running is crazy out to 400 only 7 inch low at 3750fps. 75 yard zero.
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