Thread: Tikka?

Thanks scribe and spud attack for the good info on this thread.

Thinking about whether tikka is good or not - they are a benchmark; their features & quality are well understood. Some rifles are better in certain ways, many are worse. Each hunter needs to make their own assessment but here is an approach:

Most important
stock fit
trigger
barrel
tikka scores pretty high on these.

Major considerations
Length and weight
price
ruggedness and reliability
Fairly good on these too except for a couple of plastic parts. Price can be an absolute limitation but remember one good gun is better than two or 3 average so if on a fixed budget do it once and do it right.

Nice to have
Stable bedding
nice action function, top loading
metal dropout box magazine
scope mount options
Appearance and status
tikka is limited in these areas. In particular a 5 shot dbm must be challenging because it is the main difference from the sake 85 which costs twice as much. The scope mounting is good if you use optilocks.

I hope this gives people a framework for comparing rifles.

Ps it is possible to lose a tikka mag - found one in .270 on a track out of the kaimais last month !