I don't doubt most Tikkas are superbly accurate rigs out of the box, but the two I purchased from different sources were not so and left a sour taste....
Got a T3 in '06 this year and was looking at shaking my Savage which is heavier. The savage would easily shoot MOA with just about anything down her and I would definitely give it the accuracy advantage over the Tikka.
However, I may need to go out and shoot it some more since you mention groups shrinking after ~50 rds.
