The sako you will most likely be dragging through the bush in bad weather will be the stainless synthetic which means you are paying $1800 or whatever they go for these days for a barreled action as the plastic stock is worth $50. 85s also have well documented ejection problems so read up on that before you fork over the cash for one. A stainless tikka will cost you a third of that. Put it in a mcmillan and you are g2g. If you are going to spend what a SS 85 costs, have one built on a sucks action for not much more. My .02.
Why is the Mcmillan stock needed for the T3 ?
Beat me to it.......I have Mcmillan's, B&C's, and a T3 in it's original black stock. IMO the Mc's aint' worth the $500 asking price for any rifle, and won't make any Tikka shoot better than they already do.
