Agree with ya on those Tikka rings. Not my cup of tea at all. First set I ever tried just didn't feel right. Put a set of Weaver bases on it and never had a problem. Did the same to the second Tikka.. A7 kept it simple and came with them. Good move on their part. Only thing they could have done better is machine them into the receiver. Now that would have been nice.
Also now with the A7 being able to be bought for less than a new Tikka it kind of makes it an easy decision.
Someone mentioned the new model having the soft touch stock and that possibly the dealer got the remaining ones for a deal. Nothing wrong with that. Did the same thing last year on some Hitachi tools. They changed one little feature and liquidated the old ones for less than half price. They work just fine for a lot less $$! Hard to walk away from a really good deal.
