I agree from what I have seen. One of our group I was out with in QC last winter had trouble shooting his Tikka - could not hit anything and it was sighted before he went. We sighted again - and it was random at best. We began to look at it and the lower screws on the trigger palte were loose - one was missing. The gun was brandy new amd had only a box full of rounds throuhg it - hard case, etc. He also had firing pins issues, maybe related to warmer weather than usual - seemed to be freezing up. My Model 70's got us through the ordeal without a problem.