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Old May 6, 2013, 12:19 PM   #7
Bart B.
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Jimro says 175 SMK's are a good bet, although if you are shooting fullbore you'll probably have to use 155's.

I agree, if his barrel will shoot 155's fast enough to remain supersonic through 1000 yards. The Tika's factory barrel's 26" at the longest. That's typically a bit short to get 2950+ fps with 155's at normal, safe peak pressure. In fullbore matches around this planet, most of the time one has to use issued arsenal ammo. Handloads have not fully caught on in fullbore around the world based on the long standing philosophy of the organizing groups. Issued ammo is said to "level the playing field" and therefore lets only the quality of the shooter determine who's the best shot.

Lots of overseas fullbore folks would like to get away from that and do things like the folks in the USA do; bring anything safe to the firing line for a given cartridge (or sometimes any cartridge) then do your stuff.
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