Anyone on here also own and shoot a Tikka?

[snowgetter1]

I switched to all tikka have two savage actions left that see little use. Shooting lots of prairie dogs I got tired of the tinkering and misfeeds and failed ejections. Can’t really say savage or tikka is more accurate than the other as both shoot very good. The big difference to me is the smoooveness of the bolt, very reliable ejection/extraction and some very nice crisp triggers. Plus prefits are available for the tikkas everywhere now.

[Dave Hoback]

One thing I’ll add for the Savage & Tikka owners: check out https://lumleyarms.us/ Guy who owns it has some great ideas. He makes parts for many rifles, but has a special connection with Tikka & Savage. (Especially Tikka!) Like me, he’s a fan of 6AL4V Titanium. I have the bolt handle & BAS he makes for the Savage, but he’s got some beautiful Ti parts for Tikka as well.

[Robinhood]

I switched to all tikka have two savage actions left that see little use. Shooting lots of prairie dogs I got tired of the tinkering and misfeeds and failed ejections. Can’t really say savage or tikka is more accurate than the other as both shoot very good. The big difference to me is the smoooveness of the bolt, very reliable ejection/extraction and some very nice crisp triggers. Plus prefits are available for the tikkas everywhere now.

They do operate smooth. As prefits for more actions become more available, the choice for for the home smith and amateur builder is shifting away from Savage.

[Taidog1]

I've owned great Tikka's. Have another one on the way here.

Comparing Tikka / Savage bolt smoothness............with all due respect............this falls below rifle accuracy. And Tikka's are accurate!

BUT..........I own a Savage Low Profile Varminter than can shoot 1 hole groups at 100 yards, consistently. And by 1 hole....that's EXACTLY what I mean. It carried MOA accuracy out to 860 yards. Multiple times.

NOT a rant folks.........just sayin'. Good on you Savage.

Cheers.

[J.Baker]

Much as I like my Savage's, if I were in the market for a new rifle that was just going to be for hunting and nothing else, I'd go with a Tikka over a Savage just for the smoothness of the bolt and the more reliable/consistent feeding with certain modern cartridges like the Creedmoors. When you compare apples to apples (Savage 110 Storm v. Tikka T3X Lite Stainless), you're looking at between $800 and $900 for the Savage at most resellers whereas the Tikka is typically selling in the $870 to $930 range. Ten or so years ago that price difference used to be significantly larger (around $300) which made the Savage more attractive, and at that time there wasn't much aftermarket support for the Tikka's. But times have changed - there's plenty of aftermarket support for the Tikka's now and the price difference is negligible so the choice is more about the quality/fit/finish of the product now.