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I recognize people have some brand loyalties or other likes of a given rifle. But Tikka is Sako's other channel. Their rifles come about as accurate out of the box as you can get. Mine was MOA on factory and far better than that on a worked up load. It would save you $400 on the rifle and that can go tward glass, mounts, limbsaver etc.
Pretty sad Sako can sell plastic stuff and it out shoots their expensive stuff most of the time. I have yet to see a Sako off the shelf shoot MOA in a caliber one would hunt with. I'm sure there are those that have them and would disagree with me. I have personally played around with 5 Sakos that I have been asked to reload for and only got one under MOA. Tikkas do it out of the box usually.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .............that has been exactly my experience, as well. I bought a new Sako 75 in 25-06 years ago and after owning a few T3's after that purchase, I sold the Sako and bought another T3 in 25-06. Lighter, didn't quite care as much about keeping it pristine and spent about 1/3 of what I gave for the Sako back then.Even though both barrels came off the same line, I could never get the Sako to shoot to my desired standards. The T3 on the other hand, shoots tiny cloverleafs of my handloads all day long, just like all of my other T3's (from 25-06 through two 300 WSM's).Strange and a bit odd, for sure, but it is what it is and I have never regretted that decision nor ever looked back. Sako does build a beautiful, solid, well constructed rifle, but beauty itself, never put game on the meat pole. As Glocks are 'ugly' reliable, the T3's are also as 'ugly' reliable and accurate.
