Best Hunting Ammo for Tikka T3x .308?

[GPATTI]

Hey guys, looking for input on best hunting cartridge for primarily Whitetail. This is in the Northeast and distances are really only 100 yards on average. Thanks!!

 

[Lurkin1]

My votes for American whitetail 150 interlock. Love me an interlock for short range work. It's cheap, mildly accurate, and good combination of expansion and penetration

 

[rookieforever33]

Not too many that wont do it at that range. If you want a flat shooting meat saver go for the barnes 130gr ttsx. Tracking jobs may be a little longer with ttsx though. Nosler has the Whitetail Country line, Federal has Powershock, Remington Corelokt. Hornady has a couple options. Buy a box of each and see what your rifle likes best. Lots of options.

 

[Hooknbullet2]

I run Barnes 130 grain TTSX in my 16” suppressed T3X. It shoots tiny groups and has devastated everything from pigs to wildebeest for me.

 

[TxxAgg]

Hornady 168 black or eldm

 

[RWT]

Hornady 168 black or eldm

Second this. The 168 black kills very well for me

 

[jkoehle1]

Had good luck with 175 otm smk on deer/elk - a lot farther than 100

 

[bnsafe]

I use nosler trophy grade ballistic tips 168 gr. Had great luck with them. I bought several boxes, if I hadnt done that id be using the 150 gr.

 

[RyanT26]

168 black (Amax) or 168 eldm. The 168 black is usually a few dollars cheaper as well.

 

[sdupontjr]

If you dont reload, both my T3 and CTR 308 both shot fed blue box 150 from Walmart very well.

5 shots of walmart ammo


But I reload and use the 130ttsx. I too hunt 90% hardwoods so shots are 100 and in. But do have open areas for much further shots, but really any bullet at those ranges are fine.

 

[Motown]

My T3X 308 SL loves the Federal Premium 150gr ballistic tips, but they stopped making this load and I was lucky to stumble across 15 boxes yet last year.

This is a 5 shot group @ 100 with the rifle from a few years ago, and it wears a simple 3-9 Burris FF2 in modified Talley’s LW rings.

 

[BKM]

165sst was like dynamite and still reliably exited on deer for me with my 308win