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    7saum Tikka 169 Hammer Hunter (HH) or 168 Cutting Edge MTH instead of 145LRX for Deer and Elk?

    I call it analysis paralysis. :D I was ready to dismiss your advice with the two mags, until you DIDN'T MENTION dialing both. I had thought of two mags, but with 2 dopes and immediately thought, that's a recipe for missing entirely. You've got a good suggestion and i'll definitely entertain...
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    7saum Tikka 169 Hammer Hunter (HH) or 168 Cutting Edge MTH instead of 145LRX for Deer and Elk?

    i know the 18" is hindering things, but its a game of comprimises. I'm going to run this suppresed, so I don't want barrel plus suppressor to be long. I want a mono for elk and if I take a short shot, i don't want the bullet exploding, I may go with an ABLR, not sure yet.
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    7saum Tikka 169 Hammer Hunter (HH) or 168 Cutting Edge MTH instead of 145LRX for Deer and Elk?

    verified 2000fps at 600 yards or calculated? And calculated based on the manufacturers BC number, or extrapolated from like a 300 yard shot's moa/inch drop? The reason why im asking, is it sounds like others don't trust the advertised BC of these mono bullets, if they're right, going to need a...
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    7saum Tikka 169 Hammer Hunter (HH) or 168 Cutting Edge MTH instead of 145LRX for Deer and Elk?

    do you mean the hammers will MAINTAIN speed better than barnes because of higher BC? Or is there a reason why the hammers would have higher Muzzle Velocity than LRX that I didn't know about?
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    7saum Tikka 169 Hammer Hunter (HH) or 168 Cutting Edge MTH instead of 145LRX for Deer and Elk?

    That sounds nice! just hope the BCs hold up.
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    Tikka Performance Mountain Tactical replacement magazine wont accept 3.4" COAL Anybody have better success?

    well I just discovered what Hammer bullets are and Cutting Edge Bullets. They're other copper mono bullets like Barnes, but they fragment. So now my bullet choices just went from 3 to 10 that i'm wondering about. Like Barnes, these are much longer for the same weight as a lead core bullet...
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    7saum Tikka 169 Hammer Hunter (HH) or 168 Cutting Edge MTH instead of 145LRX for Deer and Elk?

    Shoot, that also wont work. How do you calculate that anyway? Do you have to back into that number with: chrono'ed muzzle velocity 155gr bullet 600yards MOA adjustment needed and then calculate for the G7?
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    7saum Tikka 169 Hammer Hunter (HH) or 168 Cutting Edge MTH instead of 145LRX for Deer and Elk?

    Well screw it, i ordered the 155 Hammer Hunter, 168gr Cutting Edge and already have a box of 145 LRX. i'll shoot em all over the chrono and then fine tune what weight I want to ultimately shoot. Anybody else take game with the Cutting Edge bullets?
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    7saum Tikka 169 Hammer Hunter (HH) or 168 Cutting Edge MTH instead of 145LRX for Deer and Elk?

    Their site says .285, you're saying they're ACTUALLY .24 on the G7? Any idea what the true BC of the 155hammer is? with a .24 G7 at 2800fps, it would only be at 1776fps at 600 yards, so that wont work. Maybe I should go to the 155.
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    7saum Tikka 169 Hammer Hunter (HH) or 168 Cutting Edge MTH instead of 145LRX for Deer and Elk?

    With a MV of 2800 the 169gr hammer hunter should still be 1921fps at 600yards. Do you think 2800mv from an 18" 7saum is attainable with 169gr bullet?
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    7saum Tikka 169 Hammer Hunter (HH) or 168 Cutting Edge MTH instead of 145LRX for Deer and Elk?

    i'm putting together a Tikka in 7saum with 18" proof CF 1:8twist barrel. I was thinking this whole time of using 145gr LRX because I didn't know Hammers and Cutting Edge Bullets existed. When I read people using Hammers, I never thought they were a possible better than Barnes LRX alternative...
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    Tikka Performance Mountain Tactical replacement magazine wont accept 3.4" COAL Anybody have better success?

    so you use the factory plastic magazine, but have the Mountain Tactical bottom metal to replace the factory plastic bottom metal?
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    Tikka Performance Mountain Tactical replacement magazine wont accept 3.4" COAL Anybody have better success?

    That would be perfect. Just what I'm looking for! Thanks @amassi Now I just wonder if 1367ft/lbs from a monolithic bullet is adequate to shoot elk. The FPS is there at 500 yards for the LRX to open up I think.
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    Tikka Performance Mountain Tactical replacement magazine wont accept 3.4" COAL Anybody have better success?

    isn't 180eldm a target bullet? don't you want the 180eldx?
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    Tikka Performance Mountain Tactical replacement magazine wont accept 3.4" COAL Anybody have better success?

    Is that an elk in your profile picture? What bullet will you use for another elk hunt?
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    Tikka Performance Mountain Tactical replacement magazine wont accept 3.4" COAL Anybody have better success?

    Any idea how fast a 145gr would leave your 20" barrel?
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    Tikka Performance Mountain Tactical replacement magazine wont accept 3.4" COAL Anybody have better success?

    Oh, so with 7saum you don't need to do the whole wsm mag modification? What bullet are you launching at 2750 with the h1000?
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    Tikka Performance Mountain Tactical replacement magazine wont accept 3.4" COAL Anybody have better success?

    One more thing I think i've learned, but have to test out: wsm brass is wider than most and causes mag "log jams" in Long Action factory length Tikka magazines, BUT the 300wsm Tikka mags are a touch wider and work with 7saum and wsm brass, BUT the 300wsm Tikka mags have a spacer in them that...
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    Tikka Performance Mountain Tactical replacement magazine wont accept 3.4" COAL Anybody have better success?

    Yep, after all my searching it seems to come down to: (Usable Mag length) MINUS (length of bullet that will protrude case) > Desired case length IT WORKS 7RM 3.34"(factory tikka mag)-1.138"(190berger) = 2.202 this is not greater than a 7RM case of 2.5" WON'T WORK. 7saum 3.34" - 1.138 = 2.202...
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    Tikka Performance Mountain Tactical replacement magazine wont accept 3.4" COAL Anybody have better success?

    Oh, i'm also interested in the Federal Terminal Ascent bullet which would fall around the 168ABLR base to ogive length I would assume. Can't find any of those bullets right now. Let me also say i'm looking at taking a long range shooting course at Vortex Edge in June. Its an all day thing and...

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