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<blockquote data-quote="Mike 338" data-source="post: 1242644" data-attributes="member: 41338"><p>+1</p><p></p><p>I consider Tikka's to be the benchmark by which other factory rifles are judged. That doesn't mean they're perfect or that a person is sure to like them but for a straight up factory rifle at the price point they're going for, there's things about them that are surprisingly high in quality. User adjustable trigger that's very very nice, the bolt is really smooth, flawless feeding and extraction and they tend to be reliably accurate and that's nothing to sneeze at. With handloads, it's pretty common to get consistent 1/2"ish 5-shot groups. In the 243, the magazine is long enough to seat the bullets to the rifling (although I don't). Personally, I prefer the laminate stock models in stainless. They just feel better and look great as well. The Tikka 243's have a 10 twist barrel so they're not intended to run heavy bullets but 87 grain bullets seem to work fine although 75's seem to be more in their wheelhouse. That's not to say other brands aren't great too but I often find myself comparing them to Tikka's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike 338, post: 1242644, member: 41338"] +1 I consider Tikka's to be the benchmark by which other factory rifles are judged. That doesn't mean they're perfect or that a person is sure to like them but for a straight up factory rifle at the price point they're going for, there's things about them that are surprisingly high in quality. User adjustable trigger that's very very nice, the bolt is really smooth, flawless feeding and extraction and they tend to be reliably accurate and that's nothing to sneeze at. With handloads, it's pretty common to get consistent 1/2"ish 5-shot groups. In the 243, the magazine is long enough to seat the bullets to the rifling (although I don't). Personally, I prefer the laminate stock models in stainless. They just feel better and look great as well. The Tikka 243's have a 10 twist barrel so they're not intended to run heavy bullets but 87 grain bullets seem to work fine although 75's seem to be more in their wheelhouse. That's not to say other brands aren't great too but I often find myself comparing them to Tikka's. [/QUOTE]
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