Another thing that is bothersome (Beretta being a PITA notwithstanding), is what is happening to Tikka's QC. They have state of the art mfg. facilities - jigs, lasers, computers, accuracy testing and accuracy guarantee - can't help but wonder if there is some organizational issue, or if they have scaled back quality oversight or what has happened to their tooling and inspection. I do remember reading somewhere that their counterpart to U.S. independent mfg. QC is essentially the local police department. I thought that was a little disturbing.
I have also been suspicious about the calibers that never seem to make it to the U.S. (e.g. 6.5x55), though they are available overseas. They would sell here like hotcakes, but no one imports them or can get them.
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