Ive had good luck with 39 smk and both H4895 ( 26 gr - 27.5) best groups 26.5 and xbr 8028. ( 26gr-27.2) best group 26.3 The gun is the Tikka Varmint Nosler Brass cci magnum ( 250)primer .OAL 2.28 this was from a ladder, I will load up and head back to range to see if I can get the groups to repeat ...

Both my T3 lite and Varmint shoot Bergers 40 gr Varmint well over 748. I havent tried any other powders for the 40gr.
My go to load is 35 gr bergers with h4895. My best groups are under 1/2 in the T3L and key holes with the varmint.

works perfect
Thx
Dan

For some reason my computer wont open the ballistics program for me.
Does anyone have a drop chart for a 35gr Varmint at 3800 fps.?

I have a 204 Tikka and its shoots the 40 gr Bergers very well over 748 powder and cci 250 primers>

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Noted thx

I have two Tikka 204
The Varmint will shoot the 39 smk well with just about any powder.
The T3 lite I got to do a small ladder of 27, 27.5 and 28 gr of Varget and 39 smk , wasnt impressive
Ill get back to testing later but for now its hunting time and 35 gr Bergers with H4895 and CCI 450

I didnt get a lot of range time on the Tikka but the little I did was promising. So far I have a good coyote load in the old faithful 35 gr Berger and H4985 with 28 gr. I got one test batch with a 40 gr Berger and 748 ( 25 gr) that shot really nice. I plan to get back to ladder it later. So far the ...

Any one shooting a T3 lite in a 204. How do you like it?

Has anyone done any load work ups for a T3 lite.?
I plan to shoot 32/39 gr sierras and 35 gr Bergers.