beanieboy Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 Fancy the above in 204 or 223 (1:12). I want to use 40 Vmax and was wondering if the 204 has any significant speed advantage given that both have a 20" barrel? I was of the opinion that the 204 had to have a minimum 24' barrel in order to get the best out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyn Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) I'm getting around 3500-3600 fps with 40grain .204 norma out of a 20" T3x. Edited July 17, 2020 by wyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyCM Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 Tikka T3x lite 20” .204 Hornady 40g Superformance chrono 3,528 FPS average (3,506 - 3,554) of 8 shots last week the box says 3,900 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanieboy Posted July 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) Friend of mine was getting faster from his 223......40g Vmax with 26g of Benchmark behind it. Edited July 17, 2020 by beanieboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweedledee Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 I get 3750 with a 32 grain 204... I believe all tikka rifles have the same barrel length even in the super varmint....tack driver....I feel sometimes I should have got something with the longer barrel to get more speed...that said it's more accurate than I am so all is good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanieboy Posted July 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 4 hours ago, tweedledee said: I get 3750 with a 32 grain 204... I believe all tikka rifles have the same barrel length even in the super varmint....tack driver....I feel sometimes I should have got something with the longer barrel to get more speed...that said it's more accurate than I am so all is good Which rifle did you go for tweedledee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweedledee Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 4 hours ago, beanieboy said: Which rifle did you go for tweedledee? T3x stainless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beanieboy Posted July 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 19 hours ago, tweedledee said: T3x stainless 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted July 23, 2020 Report Share Posted July 23, 2020 I have the 223 version very accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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