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dogcatcher,
They are light, they are accurate, and they are affordable. That's a tough act to beat. Some of the criticism of them is snobbery, and some of it is honest difference of opinion. The latter I accept and respect, the former I don't pay any attention to and instead make up my own mind. If they were as big a p.o.s. as some of their detractors claim, you wouldn't see so many happy owners. That kind of tells the story right there. IMHO if they were to add a metal shroud and bottom metal they would be the finest factory 2 lug pushfeed action along with barrel made. It would take major money to make anything else keep up with it. I know that the plastic shroud and floorplate,magazine are perfectly fine, although I did manage to crack a bolt shroud..it is just aesthetics at least for me.
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Campfire Ranger
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I actually like the plastic trigger guard. Funny how it is ok for guns like Glocks, but not on a rifle.
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Campfire Ranger
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I actually like the plastic trigger guard. Funny how it is ok for guns like Glocks, but not on a rifle. Yeah it really is
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Campfire Ranger
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Polymer is to plastic as steel is to pot-metal... No comparison  g
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Campfire Tracker
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I just know my and my son's Tikka's just plain work well. I have other rifles, but have absolutley no issues with a Tikka. I would be happy to meet Swampy with box stock rifles for a match. LOL and I do own Remington's.
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Campfire Ranger
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Shot this yesterday with my 6.5 Swede Tikka. Not bad for 200 yards...(100gr Ballistic Tips) ![[Linked Image]](http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o134/dogcatcher223AI/tikka200.jpg)
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Campfire Outfitter
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Pros: Shoot great (have had 7 different calibers .243 to 300WSM) Cons: Shoot great you will end up trading off your 700's
Ted
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Campfire Ranger
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Cons: Shoot great you will end up trading off your 700's Trust me, I have debated it lately.
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Cons: Shoot great you will end up trading off your 700's Trust me, I have debated it lately. You guys need to find out where Swampy gets his 700's. He's obviously into a different cohort of 700's than everyone else. DF
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Campfire Ranger
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So tired of fighting that stupid bolt release lever on one of my 700's. About to kick it to the curb, or send it off for a side release install. Not to mention it will only shoot one bullet and one load accurately.
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Campfire Tracker
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I'm not really a Remington hater, but the wifes Model 7 required a bit of work to find a good load. Several were not good. Factory loads so so at best. With a Tikka, bought a box of Wally World Corelocks on sale and shot under an inch at 100 yards right out of the box. Perhaps there are Remington's that will shoot 1/2 MOA, I have never had one....
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Campfire 'Bwana
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My latest, a .223 SPSS, shoots extremely well box-stock.
I've had a couple turkeys, that's also true. A M7 in particular was just a 1.75 MOA rifle and that was that. Still like M7's and 700's, though.
The CENTER will hold.
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