I have a Tikka Hunter wood stock .270wsm and a superlite 6.5 creedmore that I had cerakoted and both are tack drivers my favorite is .270 wsm , its a little heavy compared to superlite but I do like the caliber

If the cheap stock disappoints you, the wood laminate is awesome. I have one in .300wsm. Just like the Sako Grey Wolf but much less expensive.

I own 2 Ruger Americans and 3 Tikkas. To be fair, my Tikkas are the $$$ ones so I can not compare stocks. Nothing wrong with the Ruger Americans but they are no where even close to the gun the Tikka is.

Goat killer, there is plenty of room for that discussion. Ruger Americans are not junk. As a matter of fact, probably the Best Buy for a low cost rifle. But they are not as good as Tikka and damn sure not as good as the T3x veil wideland.

What's funny folks complaining about stock it's the same injection molded plastic stock that comes on every gun that's not wood.its definitely has better shape than Ruger American stock far as function
You have to spend $1100 and up to get something with a better stock.
It's like when Ruger was selling m77 with skeleton stocks every one hated how ugly they was now you can't get one and everyone wants one!

I have two Tikka T3 Forests in .270 Win. Both are easily sub moa with 130 gr accubonds. The triggers are exceptional, crisp, and clean. They both have Trijicon 4-16x50s, one Accupoint and the other is Accupower. Tikka puts a drab brown stain like substance on their wood stocks. I noticed some fiddleback figure faintly showing through on one of mine so I cleaned the factory brown stain off. It now has an incredibly beautiful oil finished fiddleback and flame feather figured walnut stock. I can't believe they covered that up.

I own a Grey Wolf.......I've messed around with a handful of Tikkas.........a Tikka is not "just like" a Sako. Tikkas are good rifles. Sako is in a different category.

I get it...... but then at some point you realize that wood stocked Tikka, that is still cheaply made.... cost you $800-850, or more, and you could have got something better.

It's not junk, nobody is saying that. But they also are not the best rifle made by any stretch of the imagination. They are the blueprint for a cheap mass produced firearm in this era.

It's a lot like the 6.5 Creed of firearms. Lots of hype from the owners. Much ado about nothing to everyone else.

If you had a Tikka chambered in 6.5 Creed and a Vortex scope on it you might have hit the trifecta.

Yeah you are right they where designed to be mass produced cheaper made rifles.tikka was very innovative and uses a tubular shaped piece of steel to make the actions.they took the best of several designs and mated that to a easy to produce tubular reciever and now all these cheap Tikka/savage economy rifle copies have came out.tikka are made to tight tolerance though very consistent quality.like Glock they are still the best at what they do in that type gun

Ain't this the dang truth.

Never would I put tikka and vortex in the same context for quality and value and performance. My opinion!

There are Vortex scopes, then there are Vortex scopes..................................the cheap, low-end stuff like the copperhead and diamondback scopes might as well be an entirely different brand/company than the Razors....

The copperhead SUX!

So you would equate copperhead and diamondback scopes from vortex with a base model tikka? I don’t think so

That’s not even remotely the point I was trying to make, but hey...you do you, buddy

I paid 500 for mine back in the day. Money well spent at the time.

Same here paid $479 at simmons on Christmas Eve when they hadn't been out long

Simmons still has T3x for $580 including the almighty 6.5CM. The price on the base models really haven’t moved much at all over the past 15 years.

They just came out with more expensive models cause some guys like Tikkas but don’t want to feel like they are settling for a “budget” guns and would rather tell their friends about their $1K tikka with cerakote and sponge painted looking stock that has new catchy name.

I just want them to make a run of 6mm Creedmoor Superlite’s or I’m gonna have to copycat this fella I know and go with a Howa build.

The Veil Wideland or Alpine comes with a 5/8"x 24" threaded heavier barrel with a factory muzzle brake it's more than just a catchy name.The standard Tikka 3x does not. Is it worth the extra cost for a heavier threaded barrel I think so.There is not any push feed bolt action rifle in the world smoother than Tikka or Sako.

Thanks for all the replies! I actually went back with a browning. A local shop had a good deal on the synthetic/ blue combo I was looking for in 308.

Let me know when you wanna sell the .243.