Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Anything better than Sako A7 for similar price?

If you really want the Sako thing, I'd get a used 75.

I'm not sure why folks think they need to change the "cheap" Tikka stocks. Hell, they virtually always shoot less than an inch right out of the box; what is a Bell and Carlson going to do for your that the Tikka isn't?

I bought my first Tikka this year and I have been more pleased with the purchase than any other rifle I have purchased in years. It has an outstanding trigger and I really like the stock and the smoothness of the bolt. There is no way I would ever consider paying an extra 450 to buy an A7 that won't shoot any better or function any smoother than the Tikka.

I tell you what, you buy a stainless Tikka In 7mag and if you don't like it I'll buy it from you for 90 percent of what you paid for it.

Tikkas dont suffer any of the ejection problems that the Sako 85 and possibly the A7 have. Cases hitting the scope. I have experienced this problem with the 85 first hand - I hear that some of the A7s do the same too.

I cannot believe that there are guys out there who still think the Sako 85 is the holy grail��..

As for the synthetic stock on the T3 - pretty well indestructible - unless you throw it in the fire!

The L46 is the Holy Grail!

Yup - no argument there!