Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Tikka T3x Lite vs. Remington Model Seven Stainless Steel HS Precision

My only Tikka was a compact model in 223. It shot very good, and handled nice. I didn't care for the detachable mag, and the long bolt throw, but the action was very smooth. I had it with me when my 6 year old great nephew was trying to shoot a deer rifle, getting ready for deer season. They'd tried him with 2, and he was having problems trying to shoot them. I told them to try the Tikka, and he immediately started hitting with it. Loaned it to him, and he killed a deer. His daddy said he thought the rifle was his, and wanted to know if I'd sell it. I did, and the kid has killed a deer every year since, and so has his cousin. They love it.

I then bought a Model 7 Stainless in 223. It shoots as good as the Tikka, and fits me better. No plastic on it either. Between the two, I prefer the Model 7 an day of the week. Nothing against a Tikka, it's just a matter of personal preference.

Tikka..

Will not even touch a Remington after owning and seeing how poorly they are made.

I have a M7 in 260 rem that I do like a lot, almost as much as my finnlight in 7-08. However when I can save up the extra, I will have a new M7 HS model in 6.5 creed just because I “need” another rifle. Tikkas are a lot of bang for the buck hands down, I’ve had from 243 on up to the regular mags and short mags, all of them were some shooters.

I have both and like them both. Today I think I trust Tikka over the Remington as far as QC.

Those two options literally come down to which platform fits you better in the hand. Go pick them both up side-by-side and one or the other will stand out. They will both get the job done just fine. I've never had a problem getting any of my Sevens shooting inch groups.

Tikka, Remington lost me long ago for many reasons.

I own and like them both...but I'd probably opt for Tikka.....

I have owned a pile of both these rifles and Since you are looking for a short action cartridge id buy the Model Seven HS, i never have warmed up to the Tikka one size fits all action. If you were shopping for a long action cartridge i would chose the Tikka.....Hb

You have 2 choices:

A rifle that might shoot.

A right that will shoot.

Buy the Tikka.

Now add up the votes. I think tikka is winning by a landslide

I have never owned a Remington that was not an accurate rifle, and I've had number of them, and most have been in the last 10 years. I have been displeased with the way the recoil pad was screwed on, or the action not being as smooth as I liked, or with the trigger not adjusting down to where I wanted, but when it came to the way they shot, every single one of them has been a "shooter."

Now, did I "luck up" and just happen to get some good rifles........maybe, anything's possible, but I suspect my rifles were pretty much normal. A lot of the so called problems with Remington were limited to a few guns, but the Remington haters blew it out of proportion.

I became less impressed with Remington after I bought my Hill Country Rifle Harvester 7mm Rem Mag a few years ago. HCR did great work, as it was a very impressive shooter and overall fit and finish was superb. However, these Harvesters were based on a Rem 700 action. The project was taking longer than promised, so I asked them periodically for updates. Moral to the story was that HCR obtained and examined no less than 10 Rem 700 actions to find exactly one action that would meet their criteria, before the work started. Not a good testimony to Remy's quality of work IMO.

Tikka by a mile.

The Remington Model Seven SS HS has my attention. I have both Remington's an Tikka's, and there are things I like and dislike about both of them. I would honestly have to compare the two to make a decision. Sight unseen though, I'm going Tikka.

I have several of both too. Tikka by a mile especially if by new.

Tilkka advantages: excellent trigger, light, accurate, better extractor, lighter, bolt handle won't fall off, smooth action, better scope mounting (rail vs 4 small screws), no need to bed the action

Remington advantage: ADL(no detachable magazine) - if this really an advantage.

I'm going with Tikka. Now just need to decide on chambering and whether or not to go with a compact model.

Thanks for all of the replies.

Wise decision. You should check out the superlite in 6.5 creedmoor. It weighs in at 5.9 pounds. I let my buddy shoot mine last weekend, and right afterwards, he was at the lgs buying himself one.

100% agree. I have several Hill Country rifles and they are really fantastic. However, for the money hard to beat a Tikka.

I’ve always been super happy with Remingtons both 7 and 700s. They are consistently accurate and function well and any issues I’ve had have been easy to remedy. Tikkas are great too...I just don’t prefer the detachable magazines and I’ve had some serious problems with Berettas customer service in the past and I’ve had a lot of their shotguns.

Tikka. Remington. can’t go wrong either way. I just prefer the Remington

I own two Tikka 7mm-08s and load for two more. One of mine is a stainless T3, the other is a Superlite. I’m not going to post targets, I’ve done that enough, but those rifles shoot very, very well.

Nosler 140 gr Accubond or Hornady 150 ELDX factory ammo would be my choice.




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I figured you wold have surely said Remington 700...