Tikka T3 hunters, what are you feeding her?

[boresnake]

Hey guys

I have a tikka t3 lite stainless in 30-06, and I haven't hunted in 2 years due to a lot of reasons. I have several half empty boxes of ammo, and some reloads I made a couple years back when I first got into hunting.

I don't have the time or money to do a lot of experimenting, I moved up to northern alberta and hunting season is upon me now, and I work a lot!

I was hoping some of you who use the same or similar rig as me, have some recommended ammo your gun likes, maybe mine will like it too.

I'm looking for probably a 165 or 180 grain bullet, and I want it to be a versatile round that I can use for all big game I plan on hunting, ie whitetail, mulies, elk, moose.

I used federal vital shok nosler accubond 180gr ammo on my last trip 3 years ago, and got a little muley buck with it, I had drawn a moose LEH tag but wasn't able to connect....that bullet made the little 2 point guy almost do a flip at 100 yards

 

[Norma]

Mine likes Federal Gamekings 165gr. But I bought a box of Federal TSX that I want to try this fall.

 

[oldspice]

180 gr horndady superformance SST's have been the most accurate I've used.

 

[todbartell]

Federal 180gr Accubonds would be a great choice

 

[Huntin' Gun]

My advice is to get a couple boxes of Federal Fusion 180 grain. This is typically quite accurate ammo. It isn't expensive, and it will perfrom well on the game you've mentioned. Go sight it in at 100 yards. Make the 3 shot groups center 2.5" directly above the point of aim at 100 yards.

Then go get some 8" paper plates or something like that and practice FROM FIELD POSITIONS until you can put 5/5 shots into those plates at 200 yards. 250 is better, but 200 will do. The more field positions you can do it with, the better.

When you can do this consistently, then you're ready to go hunting. Remember that you've practiced to be accurate at a stationary target out to 200 yards, so keep your shot on animals within your skill set.