@ smokepole- good stuff. Fat Brown Santa is coming to town with 500 Z-max and 600 Amax. Varget, R-15, and H335 sitting in the cabinet. Gonna be a good day Tater. Might have to snag myself a set of rings.
@2muchgun- I hate to think time and money I've wasted chasing my tail with rifles and load development. My prediction is a few initial swipes with a cleaning rod, fasteners torqued, and sub MOA groups by shot #6. Should it pan out (as it did with my '06), the "extra" $200 is easily money in the bank. If it don't, you'll hear about it.
Again, lotsa things that are a deal breaker for you, don't matter to me. Mag price, action length, bolt shroud. It is what it is.
There are individual rifles from every manufacture that just plum shoot lights out from the get-go, but I would argue that Tikka has the track record.
