If you like the tikka I would hold on to it.When I got the 308 varmit,one month before I could have gotten it for $650 out the door,a month later I had to pay $719 + shipping and + tax.I checked the tikka web site and the suggested price was still the same so I figure that the distributors and sellers are the ones going up.I bought a tikka 25/06 before the 308 and the price was inline with the suggested retail.
That group looked pretty good also off theammo box.
This is a group I shot with the 308 tikka tuesday,and for kelbro a group with a savage.