Originally Posted by TheBigSky
Originally Posted by Jordan Smith
For the same price? Tikka, for sure. For a few hundred bucks less than the Tikka, the Ruger is a great option.
The Tikka is a 10 twist and the RAP is a 9 twist if that matters to you. There's been a lot of speculation of the coming to US shores of the 8 twist Tikka but I have read no confirmation of that occurring yet.

SAS cleared it up a couple week’s ago. He said the 243’s are indeed 1-8”.