Accuracy. Tikkas are usually VERY accurate, especially the heavy-barreled models, which have lapped bores. But the Superlite model (slim fluted barrel) is also light enough for a lot of "mountain hunters." One of my own Tikkas is a Superlite .260 Remington, and the group shot with it while checking the scope last fall before hunting season was just under half an inch--from a rifle that weighs 6-3/4 pounds with scope.
Tikkas are indeed made by the same "company/ownership" as Sako. In fact they're made in the Sako factory in Finland, and use the same barrels as Sakos.
