There sure seems to be a lot of tikka hatered going around. They are just a rifle, no better or worse than that. I've been really impressed with mine so far but that can be said of several of my rifles from remington, browning, marlin, and tikka. Heck I even had a savage that shot really good. I can see why people get offended when somebody badmouths their favorite rifle, anyone would about any brand. Six pages of banter over the usefullness of a rifle is pretty silly.