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45 minutes ago, Alsone said:

It's all personal opinion.

I've shot a Sako Finnfire, my mate had one, and didn't rate it. Nothing wrong with it per se, but it didn't feel in anyway special. The stock was cheap looking dull brown wood, the action worked, nothing more to say beyond that and accuracy was average in my experience. I'd have bought a T-Bolt or Howa in preference any day or even a CZ with a Boyds. It just seemed a very expensive but average gun for what it was. No real obvious quality in it's appearance or construction, and in my opinion, the T-bolt, howa and even CZ look nicer quality than the Finnfire. Some might say it's in the engineering, but I've only heard praise for the latter guns and they're a lot cheaper to buy and most have a good reputation for accuracy. Of course we talking rimmy vs CF, but each manufacturer has CF models and again, Howa, Browning and CZ are all well respected and even the CZ stock can be swapped out for a Boyds for less than the equivalent off the shelf Sako can be bought for. In fact the Sako 85 6.5 is twice the price of the 6.5 Howa and 3 times the CZ!

The looks on the TAC are all down to whether you like the tactical look and purely personal preference. As for Sako being being better quality than Tikka, yes Sako are the more premium arm of Berreta rifles. However, it's hard to argue with 0.3 moa and it looks quality, although again it's hard to say without going hands on. I do think it's unfair to call it poor quality compared with a Sako unless you've actually tried i though, especially as that appears to fly in the face of the opinions of everyone who has.

 

Why are you now talking about rimfires? I agree CZs are brilliantly engineered rifles, I own one. I've heard nothing good about Sako rimfires.

The Sako 75/85 series, which the CW is the premium model of and the T3 series which that TAC is the premium model of I and many others have real world experience of. The T3 is a poorer piece of kit so no I'm not interested in the premium T3 offering. The price opens the market up to rifles I consider better.

And again, 0.3moa means nothing in the field for most people. Especially considering the fact that that TAC will have been highly accurized in the factory, which you could do with any other rifle yourself. A mate of mine has a 75 in 222 which he has worked on to print half inch at 200.

Buy whatever you want. My money would be on the Sako everyday.

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2 hours ago, Born Hunter said:

Why are you now talking about rimfires? I agree CZs are brilliantly engineered rifles, I own one. I've heard nothing good about Sako rimfires.

The Sako 75/85 series, which the CW is the premium model of and the T3 series which that TAC is the premium model of I and many others have real world experience of. The T3 is a poorer piece of kit so no I'm not interested in the premium T3 offering. The price opens the market up to rifles I consider better.

And again, 0.3moa means nothing in the field for most people. Especially considering the fact that that TAC will have been highly accurized in the factory, which you could do with any other rifle yourself. A mate of mine has a 75 in 222 which he has worked on to print half inch at 200.

Buy whatever you want. My money would be on the Sako everyday.

The Finnfire is my personal experience with Sako.

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