Wow, this topic has regressed to the grade school level...maybe I'll give the two parties concerned the benefit of the doubt and say junior high level, tops. Baseless accusations of dishonesty, chest-pounding, boasting and insulting the others intelligence (the "I've forgotten more about guns..." line was the best. It takes a big ego to make that statement about oneself, especially when your knowledge of the other is limited to a few paragraphs on an internet forum.), all based upon ones opinion of what is and is not a good rifle. M710 topics rarily degenerate to the b***h-slapping cat-fight that this has turned into, and there is no question that the M710 far inferior to any Tikka ever made.

Man, and some people think I'm an a*****e! (I believe Bigcountry used the term "brassy"![8D]) At least my attitude generally stays grounded somewhere within reality, and I'm enough of a man to admit when I have gone too far. Even by my standards you two have gone over the top! What's next? Repeated use of the classic schoolyard comeback line; "I know you are, but what am I?" Grow up and act your age, kids.

Mike