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Nsaqam I bet you read Chuck Hawks before you go to bed every night.

Buy one,you won't regret it..Sweet trigger right outa the box no honing just load it up and go.I went with Leupold bases and rings and put on a limbsaver pad,but lets face it any gun any of us buy we're gonna mess with,its kinda the nature of a rifle looney ain't it?

That is a good idea in my opinion. I did the very same thing about two months ago. The three factory loads (Horn 95 SST SF, Win 95 BST, Rem 80 PSPCL) I've tried so far a sub-inch. The only thing I really wish were different is I wish it were twisted fast enough to handle 105 VLDs.

Expat

Chuck Hawks is an idiot but even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then!

Oh yes, that baby went down the road with no regrets!

Hated the only other WSM I had too, the 7WSM.

Won't be buying another WSM in this lifetime.

Yep. Kinda hard to just lettem alone regardless of how they shoot. Surely we can make em a little better.

OH my bad, Chuck and you sound like brothers when it comes to rifle opinions.

No, Chuck is all idiot, I'm only half!

And if you don't believe that, just axe Larry Root.

Never drank Chuck's kool-aid. Sometimes could agree most times wondering WTFO, not my experience. Then again I'm not trying to sell anything, just what has worked or me from my experience.

+1 to both sentiments

Just got one of the Superlites in .308--couldn't be happier for what I wanted. The stock looks and feels cheap but it is fairly stiff compared to, say, Rem's SPS or Hogue stuff.

Better trigger, smoother bolt, intergral bases and shoot awesome. Everything I wanted in my 'truck/beater' hunting rifle. 6 lbs 10 oz all up and throws the Hornady 165's well under an inch.

However, if I was buying a .243, I'd want to shoot the 105 Amax and would want a faster tube--YMMV. A beautiful, classic rifle they aren't. Excellent tools they are.

I have had 3 Tikka T3 Lites.Still have my 270 WSM.All are very accurate Rifles with zero problems.Would buy another if the caliber trips my trigger.

They used to make 2 action sizes,but to economize went to one.

I have a T3 Super Light in .30-06. 1:11 barrel, shoots 220 grain bullets into 7/8" groups at 100 yards with a load that was developed for a different rifle. Pretty it ain't, but it works well enough for what it's for. Looking forward to tailoring a 200 gr. NP for it.

It would be a better rifle if the plastic bolt shroud was aluminum, you could top load it, and the mag release functioned better in freezing rain.

BigBuck, Get the Tikka and enjoy some trouble free shooting. Rings work fine.
Recoil pad too hard? WaaWaa! Really? On a 243? Or any other skinny caliber for that matter. Remember when men used to actually shoot guns with steel butts?
Let us know WHAT it shoots---we all know HOW it'll shoot.

Deal...

Yeah, recoil pads are mostly there to keep the stock from splitting when you set em down.

Don't really need one on a .243, I think.

I'm a big Tikka fan.

Tikka #1 - stainless Lite in 300 WSM. Shot cheap Federal softpoints (blue box) sub-MOA out to 300 yards (never tried longer distances with this ammo). Shot Remington Premium ammo sub-MOA out to 400 yards. Boringly accurate with factory ammo (I didn't reload then).

Tikka #2 - blued Lite in 300 Win Mag. Absolute tackdriver with 200gr Accubonds. Load used Retumbo and was slow. Have since moved on to Ramshot Magnum. It was under 1" at 100 yards with Core-Lokts, but I never tried any other factory ammo with this rifle.

Tikka #3 - stainless fluted Super Light in 300 Win Mag - shoots 5/8" at 100 yards with 200gr Accubond and 81.5gr Magnum. Dead nuts on out to 400 yards.

Tikka #4 - blued Varmint in .223 - only shot one factory load in it just to collect the brass. Used 55gr Rem UMC. 5/8" at 100 yards with ease. Probably even better with a more stable rest (my folding table was sinking in the mud!).

I don't hate Remchesters, Salvages, Witherbees, Bugers, etc. but none that I have tried shoot as well or easily as a Tikka! In my limited experience, you can grab a Tikka and factory ammo and fully expect it to shoot under 1" at 100 yards. Others seem to have the same experience/opinion. Not so with any of the others, plus they all weigh quite a bit more which I do not care for. I've spent time behind 77, 700, etc rifles that seemed like I was wasting my life trying to get a decent group. One ammo brand after another trying to make those rifles happy. The Tikka just seems to produce with whatever you give it. I think they just use a good barrel, and have a good way to bed the action even if that little lug doesn't make some people all warm and fuzzy.

Savage would be my #2 choice if Tikkas were no longer imported.

I couldn't come up with a reason to slum a 1-10" twist 243, regardless of make.

What did Remington do with their 6mm? Supposed to be a better design that Winchesters 243. I do not have a 243 Tikka, but do know that twist can and will make a differance. What does the OP what the rifle to do? Varmits or LG?