Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting Thinking about a Tikka in 7mm-08

Use another action!!

If the Sako/Tikka factory has a department that makes barrels for both brands, do the Sakos have Tikka barrels?....or do the Tikkas have Sako barrels?...just wondering.

oh, and a long action 7-08 is only good for one thing.....rechambering to 280 Ackley.

A long action is good for everything.

Tikkas have Sako barrels.

I've posted my experiences with Tikka 7mm08s before, so I'll keep it concise. I'm a big fan, and they work fine on elk.

Don't have a tikka but shot a few and they have all shot good.
I do have a few 7-08s and they work. I have loaded all with 140nbt or 139 hornady sst and imr 4350. Deer and coyotes don't seem to like them.

I've got a T3 Lite Stainless in 260. Wonderful shooting rifle. I'd sure own another one, but just can't make myself believe I need another rifle (but I'm working on it).

If you can find one a Tikka 595 is a great option... more substatial than the T3 but fat out shoots! Typical butter smooth actions but not much to complain about ...love it and love the cal.ck out the ballistic co. And you will realize it is indeed formidable and long range.

You dont see many 595s for sale for a reason.....I do own both but extra light isnt what I desire all the time. I like the balance fit in a rifle that is great on the bench and fine for my average hunts...very practical for both. If I were young enough to be hunting mountians and miles...Id grab the T3 for one well placed shot during a challanging and rewarding adventure...everyday at the bench or the avarage 3 to 6 hr hunt honestly give me my old friends...well balanced, they dont heat up as fast, and are as kind to me as I try to be to them.

Elk don't like the 7mm-08




140 Partition going 2870 ft/sec. Out of a T3 Lite stainless



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Congrats on the elk, boys!

Our family are die hard Remington folks, we change out a lot of barrels, stocks, triggers.

The 7/08's that we have are simply unreal accurate. Here in the South, if deer run very far, they may be lost. We have not shoot every bullet there is, of course. We settled on a hot load of IMR 4895, Rem primer, rem brass, with the 160g Speer BT sp. This load kills deer extremely well out to 325 which is as far as we have had to shoot. I can not count how many people we have converted over to this load due to how it hammers deer.

I have a sako 85 7mm-08... just one word... a jewel...

Keith, try a 130 Speer, save your shoulder any extra beating - it's what I ran over 4895 for deer poison.

My niece who was 12 at the time shot her first bull moose last August in Chetwynd with a 7-08 Rem rifle and Super X 140gr Power Points her Dad bought. That moose hit the ground so fast it has me questioning my choice in packing magnums.

Mike, talked to a guy from Canada at a Shot Show, in the Sako booth, he was not staffing the booth, just a visitor. He dropped a Moose over/at 500 yds w a 25/06 and if not mistaken factory ammo, green/yellow, prob 120s.....

Magnums get it done further, but non mags get it done at most ranges game is taken, all assuming placement as you know.

I venture to say, 90-95% of hunters have MORE gun than they need, and 90-95% of Failures in the field, are do to hunters needing more practice/range time, assuming proper bullet chosen.

I agree with you Cliff 100 per cent with everything you posted.

Art from the Campfire posted a thread where his son Riley shot a massive bull moose with the 25-06 and a 80gr TTSX. From what I can gather it was a quick kill.

Big Stick aka Boxer told me years ago that bullets matter more than head stamps. As usual Stick is right.

Indeed, the bullet is what impacts game, and they know nothing about speed/energy, and all the ballistic garb we debate here.

I have s 7mm -08AI in heavy barrel form and will have a lightweight to match soon. I've used the 162gr Amax the last 3 years on game with great results out to 450yds.

I just put a muzzle brake(shoulder surgery) on a Rem 700, wanted try the 150g Nosler Win C/T bullet just for grins. 49.0g of R#19 was shooting a single ragged hole at 100 at 2850 out of this 24" barrel(work up to this load in your rifle).

Worked up a load with the 130g Speer BT at 3000 with 42.5g of IMR 4895 with a Rem 9 1/2, shot a single ragged hole.

I have an AI reamer and throater on order, no down side since the 162 A's are going back into production.

I owned my first 708 in 1990 and killed a few elk with it.

Didn't make a big impression on me and I preferred the 280.


Tikka, 708 in a long action.... Might as well get a Super Light in 270.