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Old 01-08-2017, 05:05 PM
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New to hunting as well - only at it three years now. Fierce 7mm Rem Mag. Over 9 lbs, so very light recoiling. Still learning what it likes, no time to hand load yet so will be using factory 150gr TTSX/160gr Accubonds/160gr Partitions depending on what it shoots the best and on game performance. Any suggestions? Took a deer with a 140g Corelokt last year, but planning to switch to a more versatile bullet weight to cover moose and elk.

Plan is to use my 7mm if there's a possibility of anything larger than deer and when hunting with my daughter. Have a Tikka T3 Compact light in 243 I've been, ahem, 'testing' for my daughter who is 11. Wanted it in 7mm-08 but couldn't find one when we decided to purchase. Will use the 243 if after coyote/deer only or if a lightweight, compact rifle needed. Shoots 95g SST Superperformance really well, at near box velocities despite only having a 20" barrel, ~ 3090. Wanted to use 100g Partitions, but measured velocities were only 2650 or so compared with 2850 on the box. Not as accurate as the SST's either.

Can't quite shake the desire for a tikka laminate in 308 or 7mm-08, but obviously no need with a 243 and 7mm. Plan to do my best to shoot the barrels out of these - given how much I get to shoot probably take me 10 years or so.
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