Test results: Sika Quad Hunter Pro

On the range, I duplicated a previous Tikka T1x MTR test with five-shot 50-yard and three-shot 100-yard groups. I varied it slightly with the Quad Hunter Pro, however, by selecting the two most accurate 50-yard performers and the highest-velocity ammo as the third component tested at 100 yards.

My original intention was to compare the load-to-load accuracy of the two rifles. Unfortunately, the load-specific accuracy varied sufficiently enough between the two rifles that I dropped that approach and instead tallied the total group size average at 50 and 100 yards. Both offered outstanding accuracy. But the Quad, with a 50-yard average of 0.426 and a 100-yard average of 0.461, bettered the Tikka’s 50-yard average of 0.457 and 100-yard average of 0.477 by a slight margin.

One other result that favoured the Quad was that seven out of the eight 50-yard groups bettered 0.500, while only six out of 10 bettered that mark with the Tikka. Also notable was the 0.212 100-yard, three-shot group delivered by the Quad with CCI ammo (pictured below). That’s nothing short of outstanding accuracy.

Five Shots at 50 yards

AMMUNITION	Advertised Velocity (fps)	Group Size (inches)
Hornady 15.5-grain NTX	2,525	0.434
Hornady 20-grain XTP	2,375	0.832
Federal Premium V-Shok 17-grain Hornady V Max Polymer Tip	2,550	0.403
Federal Premium 17-grain TNT HP	2,550	0.374
CCI Game Point 20-grain Jacketed Soft Point	2,375	0.266
CCI 17-grain V Max Polymer Tip	2,550	0.358
CCI A 17 17-grain Varmint Tip	2,650	0.356
Norma 17-grain V Max Polymer Tip	2,650	0.386

Three shots at 100 yards

CCI 17-grain V Max Polymer Tip	2,550	0.212
CCI Game Point 20-grain Jacketed Soft Point	2,375	0.565
CCI A 17 17-grain Varmint Tip	2,650	0.608