Thread: TIKKA / SAKO FINISHING QUALITY

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

interesting. I had a savage .300WM that shot sub moa and had a decent acutrigger, it was however early production. I then had a poo43 one that shot 2 inch at best and the trigger was very vague. I also had two savage target rifles both in .308 the blued one shot really well, the stainless not that well.. Savage= variable build quality = yes. But I have yet to fire a Tikka with a bad trigger. you must have been unlucky.

Its funny with personal experience isn't it, because the bunch of Savages I've used made me think you must have been unlucky. I've seen some variable fit & finish/cosmetics etc, but mechanically they've been good. Occasional failure to eject from one of the 22LRs when it got too dirty, thats about it. FWIW my Savage 223 'American Classic' does half MOA groups pretty consistently with a variety of loads (unless I screw it up), and the 204 varminter I had before it did similar once the previous owners mongrel attempt at threading it was chopped off and recrowned. Others I know have had similar results.

Bit off topic though, I haven't used enough Tikkas to know whether their quality has gone downhill or not - just that there are some bad ones.