sarki wrote:Having had a good Browning for years, I've not really had a serious look at other rifles beyond just eyeballing them on the shelf at my local gun store.
After much insistence from a mate that I check out the Tikkas as they are "cheap sakos" I gave them a look.
Can't say I know what all the fuss is about. Admittedly I was handling them in the store, not shooting them in the field, so I've only seen one side of them, but a "cheap sako"? Hardly.
Look and feel are immediately lacking in the Tikka compare to an "equivalent" Sako.
Bit disappointed after all the hype over Tikka. Can't really see what all the fuss is about...
I bought one because I wanted stainless/synthetic, as light as possible and didn't want to have to upgrade anything to get a decent accurate rifle. It gets lent out and used in all weather, the purpose it was bought for would severely damage a wooden stocked/blued SAKO.
I couldn't have cared less that they were a cheap sako or whatever but is a SAKO worth a couple of grand more? Not for what I need it for.
