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supporter fiction v facts: Ruger v Tikka
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<blockquote data-quote="DJ Fergus" data-source="post: 1969472" data-attributes="member: 93895"><p>I think FEENIX pretty much summed it up. I don't want to muddy the waters but I will go ahead and give my opinions, and it's nothing more than opinions. This is based on the pre Hawkeye days. In the early 90s on up to mid 2000s my neck of the woods was Ruger country as far as bolt action rifles. Ruger was king here. 95% of the people I know who hunted, owned a m77. Some of them shot great some just average. I knew two fellows who bought identical 25-06 26" heavy barrel laminate Ruger target/ varmint rifles at the same time. These guys were buddies. One rifle shot lights out and the other was nothing special. Same ammo and swapping shooters to verify it wasn't the shooter. Different ammo was tried with same results. I have owned both an m77 & Tika t3. Accuracy was better on the T3. I didn't like the fact that the safety had to be turned to fire to eject a loaded round from the T3. The Ruger action is heavy and makes a Sporter weight rifle feel heavier in closer to the shooter. In a heavy barreled Ruger, it's fine and balances much better that a Sporter barreled Ruger. Im not bashing either Tikka or Ruger as I like them both. Just my observations. After owning many factory bolt actions, my opinion is that chances are better with a Tikka being a good shooting rifle. I have not owned a Ruger or Tikka in 15 years, things may have changed. You just really never know how it's going to turn out. Some factory rifles I've owned shot good. Some, I had to make them shoot good. Some of them, I just didn't want to invest the time and effort into because experience told me it was going to be long and drawn out, along with a balancing act in loading for it. The only guarantee is that there really is no guarantee. You've just got to pick one based on the subjective information & feedback you have to go on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DJ Fergus, post: 1969472, member: 93895"] I think FEENIX pretty much summed it up. I don't want to muddy the waters but I will go ahead and give my opinions, and it's nothing more than opinions. This is based on the pre Hawkeye days. In the early 90s on up to mid 2000s my neck of the woods was Ruger country as far as bolt action rifles. Ruger was king here. 95% of the people I know who hunted, owned a m77. Some of them shot great some just average. I knew two fellows who bought identical 25-06 26" heavy barrel laminate Ruger target/ varmint rifles at the same time. These guys were buddies. One rifle shot lights out and the other was nothing special. Same ammo and swapping shooters to verify it wasn't the shooter. Different ammo was tried with same results. I have owned both an m77 & Tika t3. Accuracy was better on the T3. I didn't like the fact that the safety had to be turned to fire to eject a loaded round from the T3. The Ruger action is heavy and makes a Sporter weight rifle feel heavier in closer to the shooter. In a heavy barreled Ruger, it's fine and balances much better that a Sporter barreled Ruger. Im not bashing either Tikka or Ruger as I like them both. Just my observations. After owning many factory bolt actions, my opinion is that chances are better with a Tikka being a good shooting rifle. I have not owned a Ruger or Tikka in 15 years, things may have changed. You just really never know how it's going to turn out. Some factory rifles I've owned shot good. Some, I had to make them shoot good. Some of them, I just didn't want to invest the time and effort into because experience told me it was going to be long and drawn out, along with a balancing act in loading for it. The only guarantee is that there really is no guarantee. You've just got to pick one based on the subjective information & feedback you have to go on. [/QUOTE]
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