Thread: White latte drinker wants new rifle - Sauer or Tikka?

I have held both rifles, I prefer the feel of the tikka in hand. Personally, I felt the Sauer wasn't as nice in hand and the stock was a bit 'cheap' for me. Also, didn't like the weight......But that's just me. The sauers are also tac drivers.....then again, so are tikkas. Tikkas are great because they are value for money and they are extremley customisable. But if you've got 2k budget, get a tikka (1499) and put a leupold on it.

Mmmmmmmmmmmm......latte.

Sorry, daydreaming again.

Does your guy reload?

Some of the less common ammo is hellish expensive nowadays. makes me hyperventilate when i see it, especially on gun city's site

NO one keen on the American brands, Savage, Rem etc??
Re Does he want to go to something with a bit more grunt than the 7M08?

Originally Posted by gonetropo

but being a latte drinker the ammo must be hand packaged in individual louis voutton italian leather bags.

What the hell? Alberto Bellucci. Not Louis voutton.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

I have one of each and if I was buying another I would buy the Sauer

Can you elaborate on this at all?

Originally Posted by gonetropo

ok, things to consider:
wood or synthetic
blued or stainless
mag capacity
caliber

I think sythetic as he is rough.
Similarly stainless - but the Sauer is Cerakoted so could almost say it is better than the stainless?
Mag capacity is not that important as long as it holds over 3 i guess
Caliber, well prehaps 7mm08 is too much? .243 sounds better but almost to small so thats why the 6.5x55 or .260 was being considered, but not sure if their are better other opinions

Originally Posted by ZQLewis

NO one keen on the American brands, Savage, Rem etc??
Re Does he want to go to something with a bit more grunt than the 7M08?

Maybe less grunt? but still with the punching power, i feel this is going to bring up whats the best all round caliber argument again and not trying to get into that, but .308 sounds boring as good as we all know it is.

Haha some good banter -
he doesn't reload currently (neither do it) but we are both interested in it, problem is Im not sure exactly what gear i need and dont need (can anyone recommend a good book perhaps?)
not too worried on ammo price if its around $60-$70 because it wont be used as a semi auto - obviously cheaper is an advantage but seems even .243 ammo is like $50 these days.

i hunted many years with a 308, just graduated to a 7mm rem mag

Reloading books: Try starting with Nick Harveys practical reloading manual.

You tube offers a lot of tutorial vids on reloading. Pick a caliber you might be interested in, and watch what comes up.

I started reloading with a lee 50th anniversary kit, and it grew from there to better, less effort intensive gear.

Originally Posted by StagDown

I think sythetic as he is rough.
Similarly stainless - but the Sauer is Cerakoted so could almost say it is better than the stainless?
Mag capacity is not that important as long as it holds over 3 i guess
Caliber, well prehaps 7mm08 is too much? .243 sounds better but almost to small so thats why the 6.5x55 or .260 was being considered, but not sure if their are better other opinions

Cerakoted is awesome, but if he is rough, it can chip when banged against something hard, stainless may be better.

Also remember that the bore isn’t cerakoted so stainless less prone to rusting if neglected.



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Also consider a Howa Alpine Mountain Rifle in 6.5 CM, same price as the others, fully factory cerakoted, same weight as a tikka ultra lite but with a way better composite stock.


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Originally Posted by StagDown

Can you elaborate on this at all?

It's just a much nicer action, I can work the bolt as fast as I can on a full mag and I can't get it to jam or fail to feed, I can make a tikka do both pretty easy, I think the bolt throw is a bit less with the Sauer also due to its 3 lug bolt. I agree the synthetic stocks aren't as solid as a tikka but they are a much nicer rifle to handle in my opinion, the stock is also slightly better for eye alignment than that of a T3. My Sauer is wood stocked but I handled synthetic also before buying, i cut the barrel on mine straight away so have no idea how it shot out of the box but it's a laser now so assume it would have been good full length also. Sauer action takes any remington 700 mounts/rails etc, 3 position safety on Sauer is a nice feature also

If he's rough on a rifle, okay. If he's likely rough when making ammo (" Put s@#tloads of powder in mate!" ) then maybe it's better that you do the reloading, if you choose to go that way.

2k...I'd tell him to wait a week and he could probably pick up a sako carbonlite off @buzzman