Being made in Finland, I am sure they are designed to work in cold rough wet weather....
You would think so, but that's not always the case. When I was AD Air Force, the Air Force was buying Visala weather instruments from Finland as they were Arctic tested. The first year they were put in at Alaska Long Range Radar Sites, most of them failed, and the AF contractor had to reverse engineer them to get them to work properly. The were Arctic tested alright, just not arctic tested by any body of water. Granted weather instruments are not rifles, but just because items are made in Finland doesn't mean they can stand harsh winter climates. I have faith in my Tikka, but it's do to reading actual user posts about them and not just what the company itself has published.