At a crossroads are diving into Form

[270quest]

As someone who has killed and been apart of a lot of kills with a Tikka 7 rem Mag over the last 6-7 years (as in around 30 big game animals) the scenar bullets - specifically the 150 grain variety are absolute bone crushers and killers. They also seem very easy to load for. If you can get them where your at, I would take a look.

 

[Leaf Litter]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it

 

[Frozenlead]

If you’re wanting to shoot more and get proficient at longer ranges, then a smaller caliber is certainly a great investment. Depending on your ammo choice, you could assemble a new tikka for the equivalent of say 400ish 7mag rounds.
I built a 6.5cm last year and have no regrets, now that we’re .22 cal legal I’ll be upgrading my .223 as well.
If you’re wanting to try some different bullets, prophet, nechako and reliable gun usually have a pretty good selection.
In 7mag I’ve had good luck with the scirocco’s and trophy bonds for harder bullets. Then sst’s or some 168 hybrid hunters on the more explosive side.
The Eldx’s this year out of a 7prc were quite aggressive , same for the 6.5 Eldm’s