If you've have Sako's and Tikka's that would only shoot 1.5" at 100 yards with premium ammo, then you should send then back to be checked. Sako's and Tikka's are (the only factory rifles) guaranteed to shoot 1" 5-shot groups or better at 100 yards.

I don't have experience with sporter weight Rugers, but my VT will shoot .75MOA all day long, and has been known to print groups as small as 0.2" from time to time. This is with handloads (50gr Nosler BT, 35.7gr Varget, CCI BR-II primers, W-W cases). I'm eager to get both my new M700 ADL .243Win and my new Sako 75 synth/stainless 7mmSTW out to the range ASAP (Santa was good to me this year!). I'm waiting until after Christmas to get the dies and other handloading stuff for both, and it's just been downright too darn cold and windy to spend an afternoon at the range anyway.

I've also never seen a Savage or Browning A-Bolt that wouldn't shoot either. The next rifles I buy will be a Savage 12BVSS 22-250 for my wife (because she likes it better than the Ruger she had now), and a Tikka T3 in .25-06.

Mike