My Tikka is so fantastic

[Bridgy]

I like mine because over the couple of hundred rounds I've put through it (243) it's never gone wrong. It was well priced, I don't care that I bang it against things in the synthetic stock, and it shoots beautifully with off-the-shelf Federal blue box ammo.

I recently picked up a .308 Hunter, that shoots just as nicely, second hand. The stock seems soft cos it marks easily, but I can live with that.

In contrast, I've owned two Remingtons - a 783 and a Marlin 336c. The Marlin broke the front pin holding the forearm to the mag/barrel FOUR times in less than two boxes of ammo. The 783 shot nicely but the fit and finish was crap.

I'll spruik Tikka because in my experience, for a budget friendly gun, they perform great.

One day when I have more money I'll get a Sako or a Maral or something. A man can dream!

[TassieTiger]

Not knocking tikkas at all, I love mine, but Is it fair comparing tikka rifles to a 783 and marlin though? There’s almost 1k difference in price where I live...

[Stix]

Not knocking tikkas at all, I love mine, but Is it fair comparing tikka rifles to a 783 and marlin though? There’s almost 1k difference in price where I live...

Yea good point Tassie...
Its a Yes & No...
I think it depends on what particular points you're comparing.

If comparing smoothness of bolt, overall finish or how it fits you, its not fair to compare--as these are points you can see before commiting.

However, if its comparing things that break &/or constantly fail, i feel thats fair irrelevant of cost.
I say this because i think its fair to assume if you buy something, it should be fit for the purpose ots marketed for...
So if you buy a brand new hunting rifle for $300, its fair to expect the bolt wont fly back into your eye & the stock wont break from recoil...

[Bridgy]

Yeah it's a good point too, I knew (kind of) what I was getting into with the 783... I didn't expect to be able to see into the magazine between the action and stock though. lol.

I'm in SA and the price I paid for my T3 Lite (on special mind you) was only a few hundred more than the 783. The 336c was a bit dearer than the Tikkas. Heaps of fun though!

[TassieTiger]

The new tikkas have gone up according to my local shop by a good 20% - before I bought the sauer, I priced the tikka t3x in stainless flute, light, synthetic, and was quoted $1699...
The Remington 783’s are currently on special at $735 with scope, bag and sling.

[Sawyers]

My 223 superlite has feeding problems, I think its more to do with the magazine than the actual riffle and Ive had times where ive lent the mag release on something and its popped out.

[Sawyers]

The new tikkas have gone up according to my local shop by a good 20% - before I bought the sauer, I priced the tikka t3x in stainless flute, light, synthetic, and was quoted $1699...
The Remington 783’s are currently on special at $735 with scope, bag and sling.

Thats $700 more than I payed for mine 2 years ago

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[flutch]

Don't buy a 783 it's a waste of time, you'll spend close to the same again making it tolerable especially if you plan on using it in the warm weather and be able to actually grab the bolt handle... Get a howa instead

[Kel]

Yep and kickin some male butt with shooting like that way to go Kel my daughter shoots as well she's trying to decide on what caliber for her next rifle ,how do you find the 6.5 mate?

I really like the 6.5and I love shooting it but as I have it with the 24" Tac A1 and a S&B 5-25x56 it is heavy compared to the 20" .308 CTR. I think a 6.5 CTR with a modest scope would be a pretty effective combo.

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Yeah thanks Kel i'll pass that on to her and see what she thinks and go from there

[pomemax]

I have 3 Tikka,s
223 ,30-06 and 300 wsm all blue in the timber hunter stock bought all new payed 1040 for the 300 other 2 were cheaper but i cant fault any of them out of the box fit a scope and your away .
The 223 and my 336 seem to be my goto,s

[Bridgy]

The new tikkas have gone up according to my local shop by a good 20% - before I bought the sauer, I priced the tikka t3x in stainless flute, light, synthetic, and was quoted $1699...
The Remington 783’s are currently on special at $735 with scope, bag and sling.

Yeah that’s crazy! When I got my T3 it was about a grand!

Not worth it at that price imo.

[TassieTiger]

T3x’s lifted the price over t3’s and then they appear to have gotten wind of threads like this lol

[Kumaabear]

Right now you can get a new Winchester model 70 featherweight in 7mm-08 for <$1200 AUD admittedly this is on sale at the moment. If I could afford one I would be grabbing one myself haha.

I just cant see how someone could look at that next to a T3X and come to the conclusion that the T3X is worth the money unless they are really set on stainless and plastic.

[TassieTiger]

It’s interesting - but many would still take the tikka based on reported shooting abilities and reputation.
The Win XPR safe recall hit reputation hard.
Do the featherlite wins have an accuracy guarantee?
I was on a website yesterday and did see some tikkas t3x discounted to $1400...

[Kumaabear]

It looks like the featherweight may not have a accuracy guarantee for what that's worth, that said they are glass bedded from the factory, and have plenty of reports on them shooting sub MOA.

Tikka's are great guns, but you can tell they have done everything they can to make the gun as cheaply as possible stopping short of compromising accuracy and action smoothness, really cool from an engineering stand point. But when you look at the cost saving measures in the design (one size fits all action and magazine, the round receiver with no milled in recoil lug and no top feed-able magazine I struggle to see why they cost as much as they do.

If I looked at the receiver, stocks and bolt design of a disassembled FN made Win 70 next to a T3x and nobody told me pricing I know I would be expecting the Win to be maybe double the price of the Tikka and closer to a Sako 85

I actually fear the model 70 may end up being discontinued again... I cant see how they are getting much profit out of them at the prices they are sitting at.

[bigfellascott]

The new tikkas have gone up according to my local shop by a good 20% - before I bought the sauer, I priced the tikka t3x in stainless flute, light, synthetic, and was quoted $1699...
The Remington 783’s are currently on special at $735 with scope, bag and sling.

Yeah that’s crazy! When I got my T3 it was about a grand!

Not worth it at that price imo.

I think they got as cheap as $700 or there abouts at one stage due to them wanting to get rid of excess stock due to the new T3x coming on the market soon.