bigfellascott wrote:Gwion wrote:Boooooo!
You've gone over to the dark side, BigFella!
Reckon the Sauer would have been better!
Oh well...
Still wish they did a lefty!
Yeah G I wanted something lite to wonder around in the bush with to belt a few pigs and deer and dogs the tickler fitted the bill so to speak. My mate has sauers and his tickets shoot better and cost a third as much (he works in a gunshop) anyway the tickler will do the job I'm sure.
Amazing isn't it.
My gunshop fella sells both Tikka and Sauer and everyone in the shop shoots Sauer or Blaser. He reckons the Sauer are built better and equally accurate. Where he said the difference was most obvious was the general quality of the machining but it was the bolt. The Tikka is known for its smooth bolt action just like Sauer, but the Tikka achieves this by increased tolerances. When compared side by side the Tikka bolt is sloppier which he says is better tolerances on the Sauer.
The way I looked at it the Sauer 100 was cheaper than the base Tikka, both had sub MOA guarantees and the Sauer looked better built.