Thank you for the gilding metal clarification. Not sure if I initially read it wrong (I'm dyslexic) or It's my memory. It's been a while since I dealt with this as you can tell by the price references. I'm certainly not an expert and may sound like an idiot but the experience and fix was legit...
I just saw this. I'm not sure if you solved your problem already. I have a Tikka T3X 7mm-08 and it shoots about 1 moa at 100yds it seems to like the Fiocchi 139 grain sp. Oddly better than the Hornady Whitetail, which is the same bullet cased by someone else. I haven't tried the Barnes yet. The...