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You must understand the only institution that has been in "business" longer than Beretta(500yr) is the Vatican. They only have to satisfy their business plan, not shareholders, as they are family owned, and most of all not you.

Dang their business model!

Wonder what portion of their sales are in the US compared to everywhere else?

I don't have a clue but I suspect it would be a sizeable but nowhere near the majority, a lot like Toyota or Honda.

Re: USA mfg., I am all FOR American mfg products, IF they are competitive in quality and price. Not all are in one or both areas.

Politics aside, I simply look at performance and value. As to Beretta and Tikka, true the bought out Sako/Tikka, but last I knew there was only 1 plant mfg Tikka. Models change sure, just like Sako, Rem, and all others. Fact is Tikka has a strong record in performance across their models. Many shooters and Smiths alike are learning they are great out the box, and also are easy to re-barrel (standard threads despite being mfg. overseas), often not needing truing, and coming with a side bolt release and very usable OEM trigger, and they are slick as glass when working the bolt.

I only have myself to make happy, and my T3 does when I shoot it. Yes Rem's often shoot fine, but many find they need tuning or work to reach their potential. My current 700 shoots well and unless the bolt handle falls off like one in the past I owned, it should continue to do well, with Timney trigger and Bartlein bbl.

First 5 123 Scenars outta the new CTR .260 today..... full report to follow......

Nice.

That kinda sucks. Now you gotta go find something to fiddle with.

SiCk.....
Looking forward to the report.

Nice Tikka DS.

Do you shoot in these "sniper matches"? I am hoping to shoot in one this year.



Travis

What are you doing with 'my' rifle? Heck, I even have my name on the target!

Great group! I'm thinking I could easily like the CTR in 260.

'bore...... that's exactly what I thought.... "damn, that was quick." That group is shots #25-29.... no cleaning.... no 'break-in'....

'flave...... no 'sniper matches' for me.... but I did enjoy the SRM. The whole 'sniper' side of it just isn't my style. I'm sure a guy could do just fine at one with this rig as its set-up with the SS 3-15.

'pole..... come on up and give it a run anytime....

Josh..... bringin' it to TX in Feb.... you can shoot a coyote with it then...

pointer..... it says 'Tyler Tikka'.... because I put it together for my brother. I have another one here (.260 also) for me. It had some trigger issues yesterday.... light primer strikes.,I took the bolt apart last night and wiped it down.... now all is fine.

Note: I went back and looked at a bunch of old groups from great rifles.... I could only find two 5-shot groups better than the one above.... that's outta $3000-$5000 custom rifles.

The slight wind during testing blew some of the flinched-off trigger jerks back into the group....luckily.

Love to, but I'm afraid I might break the plastic magazine or the crush the recoil lug??

Seriously though, I'd like to come up and do some shooting after I get out of this sling on my arm, January 21st.