Tikka 7mm-08 owners

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What factory ammo shoots best in your Tikka?

I tried the 150 ELDX and it didn't shoot well. Barnes Vor-TX 120 TTSX showed potential as did the Superformance 140 SST.

Thinking of trying the Federal 140 Accubond or the Nosler 120 or 140 BT.
 
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Mine shoots the Barnes 120 ttsx really well. It’s factory stuff but I’ll end up copying the load when I get my reloading stuff set up again.
 

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The Nosler trophy grade 140 gr AccuBonds are sub moa in my tikka compact, even with my 11 yo shooting.
 

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my tikka 7-08 has never been very accurate, but the best I ever found was federal premium 140, I'm pretty certain they were accubonds. I've been shooting barnes 120 ttsx factory ammo for several years, it wasnt quite as accurate but close enough for the hunting I do, and I like the mono bullets. Latest batch of barnes did not shoot nearly as well though--still troubleshooting, sounds like its likely a copper fouling issue.
Regardless, the 120's have killed everything I've shot with it (all deer-sized) DRT. For what it's worth my data for this ammo has it going below 2000 fps at about 370 yards, below 1800 at 460 yds (pretty sure 1800fps is manufacturers recommended min velocity for expansion). That's only about 2000' elevation so if you are at much higher elevation it may be a bit zippier.
 
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my tikka 7-08 has never been very accurate, but the best I ever found was federal premium 140, I'm pretty certain they were accubonds. I've been shooting barnes 120 ttsx factory ammo for several years, it wasnt quite as accurate but close enough for the hunting I do, and I like the mono bullets. Latest batch of barnes did not shoot nearly as well though--still troubleshooting, sounds like its likely a copper fouling issue.
Regardless, the 120's have killed everything I've shot with it (all deer-sized) DRT. For what it's worth my data for this ammo has it going below 2000 fps at about 370 yards, below 1800 at 460 yds (pretty sure 1800fps is manufacturers recommended min velocity for expansion). That's only about 2000' elevation so if you are at much higher elevation it may be a bit zippier.
how inaccurate would you say is not very accurate? 1.5 MOA?
 
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