bang bang birdy Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 I know probably been asked a million times before but.... Im picking up my first 243 tikka t3 varmint this week is there a factory round that is good for roe foxes and muntjac in England that performs well in the above gun? I would like to try and stick to one round if possible. I don't really want to home load as I don't think it will be worth while with the amount of rounds i will be putting through it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 Well, what will kill a roe, will kill a muntjac will kill a fox. Quite a number of good deer 100gr bullets available. Just specify it is for deer primarily and you don't want any super explosive varmint rounds. Honestly, the fox will not notice the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangbangman Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 I like the 95gr SST as a "do anything" bullet in Tikka T3 varmint.. I've used it for fox to fallow buck, but nothing bigger. I prefer it to the 100gr Gameking, Prohunter, Speer SPBT and Hornady offerings. More accurate, a little faster/flatter and expands fine in fox. I believe Hornady sell factory loadings of the 95gr SST as part of their Superformance line-up. A 75gr SST option was in the pipeline a few years ago: would probably be ideal if your biggest quarry is Roe http://edgarbrothers.com/pages/Hornady-Superformance-243-Win-75gr-SST-Ballistic-Tip2.aspx?pageid=3527 The higher velocity of the 75gr bullet might increase meat damage; not a problem I've had with 95gr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig83 Posted September 28, 2016 Report Share Posted September 28, 2016 I home load Berger 87gr VLD, lovely for muntjac if you head and neck shoot, deadly on fox steady on roe, 41.1 gr of H380 gets it to go fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novice Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 The federal powershok 100g in the blue box are well worth a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxfordfowler Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 Use European ammunition for a European rifle. This is the advice I was given when I first started out stalking. I did the usual and tried various manufactures offerings. My Tikka T3 is very happy using SAKO 90grn Game head - no complaints from Roe or Fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 (edited) Its going to more a question of what ammo you can get hold of for it these days. Buy a box of whatever you can find and see how your rifle gets on with it to start with. I would start with Privi while you are shooting in the barrel and zeroing the scope, just on the basis its cheap but there is nothing wrong with Privi. It will give you a benchmark to compare other brands from. Edited September 29, 2016 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 My Tikka T3 Lite is loaded with 100gr SP bullets. Perfect for all species of Deer and excellent on Fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bang bang birdy Posted September 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 The federal powershok 100g in the blue box are well worth a try. These are what I got. Only zeroed rifle but seemed to group well Very happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornfree Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 I like the 95gr SST as a "do anything" bullet in Tikka T3 varmint.. I've used it for fox to fallow buck, but nothing bigger. I prefer it to the 100gr Gameking, Prohunter, Speer SPBT and Hornady offerings. More accurate, a little faster/flatter and expands fine in fox. I believe Hornady sell factory loadings of the 95gr SST as part of their Superformance line-up. A 75gr SST option was in the pipeline a few years ago: would probably be ideal if your biggest quarry is Roe http://edgarbrothers.com/pages/Hornady-Superformance-243-Win-75gr-SST-Ballistic-Tip2.aspx?pageid=3527 The higher velocity of the 75gr bullet might increase meat damage; not a problem I've had with 95gr. The 75g are about its all I use now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpy22 Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 The federal powershok 100g in the blue box are well worth a try. good choice. leaves very little meat damage and very accurate round. you will have a lot of people tell you round xxx will drop deer every time on the spot you will never get a runner etc. when you have shot a few you will realise that this is a very far from the truth. you need to see which round groups well in your gun and which produces the least meat damage. you will get deer that drop on the spot and others will run it has little to do with the round it is more important to know what to do in the situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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