RE: tikka accuracy
I ditto the sentiment about the quality of the tikkas. I have a T3 lite Syntetic/Blued 30-06 and absolutely love it. My buddy actually visited their factory and walked away convinced that they actually do perform QA on every rifle to confirm it's out of box accuracy comforms with their statement. My understanding though is that the Tikka's claim 3 rounds at 100 yards grouped within an inch while the Sako's claim 5 rounds.