I've seen a couple tikkas that just won't shoot good. My friends 7mm shot ok at best and got flyers. He tried multiple different hand loads and factory ammo it just wouldn't shoot. He had the action trued and rebarreled it after waisting a ton of money and time on it. My Dad's tikka shot a 3"...
I have always archery hunted blacktails. If I hunt the timber grounds I'd find them in may through the end of june glassing the cuts knowing that they will only move a small distance into cover. Then I would set up a tree stand close by in the areas they would hide in. Mostly thick or big...
I purchased a 6.5 creedmoor prefit barrel from McGowan for a Savage. The barrel never met my accuracy standards. I tried 143 eldx 140 eldm 140 vld 130 vld and 127 barnes out of that barrel. The best shooting bullet out of it was the 127 and that was mediocre at best. After 300 rounds I replaced...