RE: tikka accuracy
I've consistentyl shot 1 MOA or less at 100 and 200 yds with both my .300 WM and .30-06 Tikka T3 out of the box. That's provided you're using a high quality scope properly mounted that won't move on you and quality ammo.
The problem USMC showed was a specific batch of SS they long since recalled and corrected. There has been NO widespread problem with other models or other batches of rifles made by Sako or Tikka. Neither are "being run into the ground". Some people have a complex about their own firearms and try to find a way run down someone else's it seems.
Tikka T3s can stand ontheir own. They'reproving it year afteryear, since they've been introduced. The large retailer I bought mine from in the area sells more Tikka T3s than any other firearm, rifle, shotgun or handgun. That should tell you something.