Yeah, my experience with Tikkas is they're normally GTG right out of the box, even the trigger pull. But they cost close to twice as much as an RAR, and my last four RAR's have been good out of the box, except for one trigger that needed some adjusting.
Both Tikkas and Rugers have very nicely-done hammer-forged barrels, but the heavy barrels on Tikkas (and Sakos) are also lapped to very close tolerances, one reason the varmint/target models shoot so well.
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