Tikka 17

[philpot 4,928]

I think I am lucky because the two rfd's I visit have taken stock so I will be picking some more tomorrow. If you are near to North Lincs SD, I can put you on to them, can't help you though Mitch.

Phil

[Rimfireboy! 1,463]

5 minutes ago, Sausagedog said:

I can see them taking off, I think our general obsession on being Uber quiet is a red herring! No body seems to notice the racket made when you hit your target! That can't be muffled out!

These will flatten out the traj a shade and make autos function more reliably too.

Sorry to side track Villaman.

I was also going to pick up some sk hv hp’s but they’ve just sold out of those too. My fault, shouldn’t have left it but I had some others to use up first. Never mind, sure I’ll pick some up before too long.

[Sausagedog 7,381]

5 minutes ago, philpot said:

I think I am lucky because the two rfd's I visit have taken stock so I will be picking some more tomorrow. If you are near to North Lincs SD, I can put you on to them, can't help you though Mitch.

Phil

No where near but thanks for the offer

[villaman 9,980]

It’s ok , still good reading ready for my .22

[villaman 9,980]

What is the advantage of the hp  .22 ?

[Sausagedog 7,381]

1 minute ago, villaman said:

What is the advantage of how .22 ?

HV 22.

They make for a reasonably flat 100yarder shooting.

With a good bullet, quite a jump in whoopability.

[villaman 9,980]

What range would you zero hp in and would it be flat out to 100 yards ?

[philpot 4,928]

In the case of the Hornady I quoted earlier, HP is hollow point and they are classed as HV but not as fast as some which can be upto around 1650fps.

Phil

[philpot 4,928]

27 minutes ago, villaman said:

What range would you zero hp in and would it be flat out to 100 yards ?

I set zero at 65mt but with the constant rain and other commitments I have done very little with my Tikka so cannot really comment Mitch. I need to get some time to carry out more testing with vatious ammo and ranges. 

Phil

[villaman 9,980]

6 minutes ago, philpot said:

I set zero at 65mt but with the constant rain and other commitments I have done very little with my Tikka so cannot really comment Mitch. I need to get some time to carry out more testing with vatious ammo and ranges. 

Phil

Let us know how it goes Phil, when you can get out

[villaman 9,980]

So looking at stingers , do these behave in the same way as HMR 17 ?

[Sausagedog 7,381]

A lot depends on the rifle but basically a 50 yds zero with normal HV ammo 1200-1300 FPS should be around -2"-3" at 100.

A sub sonic will be -7" or so compared....maybe worse.

The hyper velocity ammo I seem to struggle finding and worth while good accuracy from. Probably due to light bullets poorly made ect and the trans sonic thing. I only ever had any joy with stingers out of a Remington 597. And it reached out with them but no other 22 I owned would shoot them and that's several rifles!

[Sausagedog 7,381]

I tend to not see HV 22 ammo as extending range, I see it more as a harder hitter at normal distance (100yd or less) and better in winds.

[villaman 9,980]

So what is the point of HV ammo .22 when you can have 17 HMR , is it wind only ?

[Sausagedog 7,381]

11 minutes ago, villaman said:

So what is the point of HV ammo .22 when you can have 17 HMR , is it wind only ?

Personal choice.

I don't like light bullets. Great on little critters but so is a 22. A 17 has some reach, as long as it's not blowing. If it's blowing your range will have to come down, down to 22 distances.

I don't like that tiny bore to clean, a 22 hardly ever needs a clean!

Some ammo issues with her, no ammo issues with 22.

From my point of view 17 has the edge on safety....not that a 22 is especially dangerous then!

Some love the velocity a flat traj.

I like some bullet so that if I do get it there it does drive through.

Personal choices. Besides, I don't have many mice to shoot