John,

I forgot to answer about the choke tubes. One notch is full, 2=IP Mod, 3= Mod, 4= IC, 5= Skeet, as I measured my set...

Also, I have had excellent luck with the 270gr Speer Hot Core bullets in both regulation, and bullet expansion and weight retention. The Speer Hot Core bullets are a bargain, IMHO, and I use them extensively for thin-skinned animals in medium to lower velocity rounds...even in some of my "hot rods".

I don't like the 250gr Nosler Ballistic point bullet; it doesn't regulate readily to use in guns regulated for the 286 gr standard loading. It does well in guns regulated to the 232 gr PPC Norma loading, however. Many Tikka 512s and some Valmet 412s were regulated to the Norma 232 gr loadings in 9,3. My Tikka 512 12/9,3X74R was factory regulated for the 232gr.

L2S