[lennyo3034]

So far the only bullet I've tried is the 162 ELD-x. Accuracy has been mediocre. About 1.5 MOA 3 shot groups with handloads. Factory hornady was closer to 3 MOA.

[lennyo3034]

I forgot, I did have one question. I am not a fan of DBM for a hunting gun. Does anyone make standard BDL bottom metal for tikkas?

[lennyo3034]

I might order some of that HSM and give it a try. Although I'm pretty happy with the performance with 162 ELD-X so far. One issue is that I am at sea level so what stabilizes for some people may not stabilize for me.

The bighorn I'm referring to is a custom action. I am having a custom rifle built using a Bighorn TL3 custom action.

http://bighornarms.com/

[lennyo3034]

Thanks for the help.

I loaded some rounds with the 162 ELD-X to try out. Shot about MOA 3 shot groups. I will do some fine tuning to see if I can get that down. I'm not expecting to shoot the 195 EOLs, that's what my bighorn with 1-8 twist Bartlein barrel is for.

I wasn't terribly impressed with the mountain tactical rail. With the screws torqued down, the recoil lug didn't actually make contact with the slot in the receiver, I had to bed it.

For carrying up and down the mountains, I think I would prefer left side sling mounts. I use left side QD cups on all my heavy guns and wouldn't mind the same here. Is there a good way to do that on the standard T3x stock?