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So, these 3 brown gerbils are hanging out, just shooting the breeze, and this one white gerbil walks up.....

And the first brown gerbil checks him out and says...

Tikka suck

If comparing fit, finish and feel of Tikka to Ruger American and Savage, the Tikka is the winner and it isn't even a contest. The Savage will feel downright clunky to the Tikka. On the accuracy front, Tikka is as accurate as a Savage. Savage has no flies on it in the accuracy department. Go Tikka; You won't be disappointed.

Good post. And more than likely the Tikka will function better than the Savage right out of the box too. Also, some of the newer Savage rifles's I've been seeing lately have some quirks. Their actions aren't as smooth (running the bolt feels gritty) and their new bottom bolt release design sucks.. I have seen quality go downhill in the last year or so, maybe because they knew they were selling out..

Little Stick does kinda look like a gerbil....

I'd seen articles by various scribes, but hadn't tracked any conversations here.
I wanted the straight story from the owners of the rifle.
"Trust , but verify." R.R.
Actually, I spend way too much time in the classifieds. Trying to get out more....

If being in the classifieds all the time means hiding under a rock, then yeah... There are tons of threads here on Tikka rifles.. To a lot of guys here, your thread seems like you were dangling some cheese. I'll bite though. If you are not aware, Tikka upgraded their rifles some time back with the T3X model. It has a better (steel vs aluminum) recoil lug (however, it's still detachable and cheesy and can still loosen up over time and cause accuracy issues):
Here's a newer steel one that was wiggling around back and forth and causing some random flyers:


Tikka's are good rifles, but they are not "perfect" right out of the box, like a lot of guys around here think. One of the reasons I glass bed them and secure that tacky recoil lug system better.... Here are some before groups of that rifle that only had "160 rounds down the tube":



Now after bedding:






(continuted), alloy bolt shroud vs. plastic, lengthened ejection port, and better recoil pad.

Ive got one in a T3 Superlight .223 heading to the range with it today, plinking steel out to 400 yards...you might say I like it....

Twist rate on the 223???

Ingwe: so very hostile, man....

John Boy--try a scope with a long mounting latitude e.g. something akin to the 3-9x40 Conquest, and yer #1 issue will go away.

Something else that the Tikka has that none of the other rifles in the same price category as them (Remington, Browning, Savage, Ruger, etc.) has is a proper trigger. I am not a fan of the blades on the Savage and Ruger rifles. Remington and Browning have both let lawyers decide that their triggers should suck. I know quite a few people, including myself who are building, or have built custom guns on Tikka actions, and every one of us has left the trigger alone.

In my humble opinion, Tikkas are the only rifles out there right now that don't need at least $200 in upgrades to make them "right". I know some complain about the "plastic" magazines, but I know from experience that they are quite durable and the method of capture is much better than Savage or Ruger. As was pointed out above, $10 of JB Weld and a little time to bed the recoil lug area of the action is all you really need to do.

This. I've only owned two, but both were GTG out of the box. Scope, zero, and hunt.


Okie John

Come on man, this is the Fire! If you don't own a Tikka in 6.5 Creedmoor there is something really wrong with you! BTW NEVER, NEVER, NEVER EVER mount a Leupold on a Tikka!

What’s your load?

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Sorry for the heavy edit but this right here is why I bought my three. Just take them out of the box, turn the trigger screw a bit and go shooting. Have had two Ruger Americans and while they are certainly usable and accurate rifles, and especially so at their price point, for another 2-3 hundred dollars I think you definitely get a nicer rifle in the Tikka.




And lest the unwashed question my bona fides opinionwise, one is a .22-250 with 8" twist and another is a 6.5 Creedmoor, neither of which wears a Leupold...

Junk stock, worse rings, very smooth action, one length action, OK magazine. Most shoot MOA, some do not without work. Since they've raise the price, IMO, they're a non starter for me.

Same as any other rifle. lol It depends on how they feel in your hands.

This mirrors my experience with them.

Disagree on the fit. I'll take the ruger 100 times out of 100.

Although I have no problems with my T3X rifles, I do have an older T3 youth that I need to replace the recoil lug and bed. Any suggestions on an aftermarket lug that is better or all about the same. I did notice the Lumley aftermarket performance parts.

Uh-oh! I have three Tikkas and they all have Leupolds!

27.6 grains CFE223 and a 55 gr. NBT

OR 24.0 gr TAC with same bullet...