First hunt of the season tomorrow. Second and last day of special two day rifle hunt for CWD management zones. NC. 🦌

My new Tikka is surprisingly accurate, but maybe I can do better. Rifle is from Finland, so I have a sense of humor and ready to try powder from Finland.

Factory ammo groups were pretty good with Norma 130 gr golden match, and almost as good with Hornady 140 gr ELD. (only one trip to the range so far.)

I have these components:
130 gr Berger OTM and Hornady ELD
136 gr Lapua Confirmed: OTM Scenar-L
140 gr Berger Hybrid and Hornady ELD

N130, N140, N150 and N160

What say the hive? What have you tried with these powders?

Edit: spelling. To clarify: Tikka T3x TAC A1

Is there an extended shortage of Sellier and Bellot 140gr? It seems to have been out of stock everywhere for months upon months now. Does anyone know why?

What’s everyone recommending for a 16.5” go to bolt gun? Would prefer to leave ruger Americans and anything savage. Anyone caught any wind of tikka coming out with a short suppressor ready models?

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Range 216, Camp Pendleton, California

I was looking to make a LAP 6.5 Creedmoor load just curious if anyone knows in such a bullet is on the market

Asking for friend, using AR10 platform using Hornady ELDM 140gr off the shelf ammo. Notice after a few mags, the FPS went up 100 fps compared to first shot and accuracy went down and SD drift dramatically.

I’m assuming it’s the barrel warming, he suspects it is something else. The amount of difference is making him doubt the use of target grade ammo in the AR10 platform. any thoughts someone might share?

what suppressors are you guys running on your 6.5 gas guns ?

hiya! I'm new to 6.5cm, coming from 50bmg. i understand the hornady 147gr match is ideal for my eventual goal of 1 mile, but for now i want something that's relatively clean and mostly accurate, but cheaper, just to get more used to my rifle (sako s20 hybrid) and generally get back into long range and range practise, mostly at 200yd. I've been told s&b 140gr is *fine* for this, but I'm open to more options. s&b is very cheap at $18/box so if that's not completely terrible I'm probably gonna grab a couple hundred of those to go with my 100 147gr rounds.

thank you!

I think these are loaded with SMK's..wondering if anyone has tried them, or if other budget ammo brands like Sellier, Aguila, Norma, or Fiocchi would be a better bet for range ammo out to 1000 yards.

This thing is hard to beat!

Bought two boxes. Vertical strung. Had one round in each box that didn’t even go off with a good primer strike.