The Tikka has a nicer trigger and is a smoother bolt than the howa 1500 IMHO but I don't like the narrow port/acess for fingers in the T3/T3X acction (i like the older T595/695's etc).
Both better in all aspectsincluding build quality than Remmington 700 although it may be 'inconsistent' build quality rather than all bad.
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