Originally Posted By: 2muchgunOriginally Posted By: Craig To be honest I have one, and I regret buying it.
For starters.... yes it's accurate, and that about sums up the good points.
I am really disappointed by the build quality on it. Plastic trigger guard, plastic mag, Tupperware stock, no recoil lug, no recoil pad.
I could accept that, if it was a rifle that only cost a couple hundred dollars, but it's not. It's actually the most expensive "budget" rifle out there. I have a vanguard, a savage, a stevens, a rem 700, a win 70, that all shoot just as accurate, and all cost less. And to be frank, the Tikka is the cheapest gun out of the lot, but the highest price.
As for customer service... I have used it twice, and both times I have not been happy with it. The parent company is berreta USA, google it to hear other, mostly unhappy stories. My Tikka didn't ship with the free scope rings it should have, after many calls, and emails, I still don't have the factory rings. My benneli (same company) also had some problems, I ended up paying a smith to fix it, rather then send it back for a third time.
I'll get slammed for this I'm sure. I did when I made negative comments about Tikka in the past. But it's my strong opinion that they are no better then say a wetherby vanguard or savage, at twice the price.
+1. Don't forget that they only come in one action length also....
That's a good point, that I forgot about since mine is a true long action cal.
But a question to the OP. If your looking at buying a gun, and then upgrading the parts that are not up to snuff, why buy that gun in the first place?
I can, of course, understand just liking the gun and wanting to have it. But IMO, a cheap savage, with a better stock still costs less then a Tikka, at least with the pries I found locally, and ends up being a better gun.