I like my savage rifles...... but tikka is a step above.

The bolt is much smoother.... they feed and extract better.... you can buy shouldered pre-fits because of how uniform the actions are. The aftermarket is getting better for them. Lots of people use Tikka actions for their builds.

Tikka only has 1 action length- so unless something has recently changed they were not a good choice for long action cartridges that people wanted to be able to load beyond sammi length. And some of the magazines they used were kind of a pain. Some people will compare them to a custom action- I've never been that high on them- but they are at the top of the factory actions imo.