RE: Browning A-Bolt stainles stalker or the Tikka T3 hunter stainless
the T3 hunter is a timber stocked rifle, too. if the elements are a factor (and i assume you're looking at the composite browning for that reason),and you want to compare the two companies "equivalents", you'd be looking at a T3 Lite.
For what it's worth, i have a Tikka T3 and my mate has a Browning stalker. Both are excellent. i would give "feel" to the browning, but this particular Tikka shoots better (just). Tikka's are not really economy Sako's - they are a design all of their own, that benefit from Sako's attention to tolerances and barrels.