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I bought TC Icon at great price and my son started hunting with it and now claims it as his. I haven’t been able to hunt with yet and it’s been 4 years now b

I have 2 7mm-08's and love them both. One is a CVA Cascade and the other is the Tikka T3X lite. Both are tack drivers. My Tikka likes anything I put through it so that's what I would go with.

My kimber Montana in 7-08 with 120 ttsx is a laser beam

Not much gets by my Tikka 7-08 /150 eldx

Lotta love for the Tikkas…me included!

A friend was recovering from shoulder surgery and thought his 06 or 7MM Mag might be to much for him. We were going on an Aoudad hunt in west Texas and I offered my Weatherby Ultra Light 7MM-08 to him. He was concerned it wasn't enough gun. Needless to say he dropped his ram at about 200 yards with one shot.

Love the 708, sitting on 3 now, a micro medallion, model 7, and just picked up a bergara ridge

I had Bansners build me one of his Ultimate One rifles on a 1st gen 700 Titanium action in 7-08 in 2003. It’s been all over NA with me since then. It’s a killer no matter what you feed it. You will like it, go hunt and be merry.

Mine isn’t a factory rifle and was intentionally built with a heavy contour 18” 1:8 barrel but it’s easy shooting and a fun rifle for sure.

I also have a 18.5” 788 in 7mm-08 that shoots 139’s wonderfully.

About 3 years ago, I was stuck looking for a new deer rifle with only a month before season and came across a TC Compass in 7mm08. I'd been thinking about one for over a decade, but I didn't know it would be all that different from my 308 WIN.

The first year I hit the Easy Button and ran Varget under Hornady 139s . I poleaxed a doe with it, but really didn't like the groups or the velocity I was getting. Over the winter I took a hog down in Florida. I found StaBall 6.5 this past year and wound those 139s up over 2900 fps. That's what I carried last deer season. The groups were much better.

Considering where I am and what I shoot, 7mm-08 is about optimal. I hunt Kentucky whitetails where I never have more than a 200 yard shot and most of the shots are inside 80 yards.

I wish I'd scratched this itch earlier in my hunting career.

Definitely my favorite cartridge. I've been using it since the 80's.

I've had best results using H-4350 with 140+ class bullets.

I could live with that Gen II Ruger, and it has a faster twist than most if that matters to anyone.

I have had good luck with H414 (W760 now) and almost any bullet in the 140 weight class.

I own a Sako 85 Finnlight II in 308. Though it is a great gun, that price level is not necessary. In comparison to the Tikka TX3 Lite, I would certainly go with Tikka. They come from the same place.

I’ve got a sealed 8# jug of Win 760 waiting for me to shoot up my h4350

I have a Browning A Bolt II in 708 and just picked up a Tikka T3 in 708. Been shooting the 140 TSXs out of the Browning and have had absolutely perfect results with it. Deer are either DRT or less than 40 yds away fro POI. I'm going to try 120gr TTSXs and NBTs in the Tikka. I have Sta-Ball, Big Game, Varget and several others so I'm sure I can get something to work

Got a wood stock Kimber 84 with lots of stripes that I like pretty good. Shoots good and looks good, not a bad combination and it matches my .325 WSM 84M .

There's a stainless Tika on the trader now.

Yeah a SS Howa 1500 barreled action in a Boyd’s Prairie Hunter stock with upgraded wood and laser cut checkering.

That’d be a bad ass rig.

I had a Tikka SL it was just too light weight for me to shoot well. The Classic FW Model 70 I had was a little heavy… call me Goldilocks.

My first custom rifle is in 7MM-08 I wouldn't be without one.