Have owned and hunted with most major brand rifles. All my new centerfire rifles will be tikkas. For the money they can't be beat. Silky smooth bolt, great ergonomics, adjustable crisp trigger, outstanding accuracy, good factory rings. I wondered about their toughness, but after more than 2000 rounds and 4 years of beating my 243 t3 lite over the terrain of North Central Idaho it still works perfectly and shoots like a dream. I fell on a log last sping going after a bear, hard enough it ruined my Nikkon scope, but gun was just fine other than a couple of beauty marks. Can't wait to get my hands on one of their Varmint rifles, though I don't think they will shoot much better than my 243 t3 lite, how can you shoot better than ragged one hole groups at 100.