Posted by Jason Brumett
Tikka is a Finnish company that has been making rifles for a long time. Their recent T3 offering has made quite a stir in the hunting rifle market, as these rifles are built right along side the much more expensive Sako rifles, are extremely smooth functioning and come from the factory with a 1 MOA guarantee. Not bad for a rifle that costs less than your average Remington 700 BDL. Tikka also makes a Varmint rifle that is available in a number of calibers not available in most varmint rifles, though the USA importer, Beretta USA, only imports the .223, .22-250 and 308 into the USA. Then there is the Tactical rifle which we are reviewing here. This rifle is not just a varmint rifle with a matte blue finish, but is a whole new offering, and as such, costs about twice as much as their varmint rifle and has some "real" tactical features. Because their hunting rifles carry a 1 MOA accuracy guarantee, I was hopeful that their heavy barrel tactical rifle would be able to do considerably better than that.
Make: Beretta Model: Tikka T3 Varmint Caliber: .223 Rem, .22-250 Rem
Serious varmint hunting and benchrest shooting requires the hyper-accuracy of the Tikka T3 Varmint. The cold-hammer forged barrel has a true varmint-style “bull†contou...(more)
Make: Beretta Model: SO5 Sporting Caliber: 12 gauge
With five gold medals in five different Olympics, and countless other awards in the most prestigious international competitions, the best shooters in the world consider the SO5 ove...(more)
Make: Sig Sauer Model: SIG556 SWAT Patrol Rifle Caliber: 5.56mm NATO
SIG SAUER Model 556 SWAT Patrol. 16" barrel, alloy quad rail reduced length tactical forend and Swiss type folding stock.
Make: Ruger Model: M77 Hawkeye Compact Caliber: .223 Rem.
The Ruger M77 Hawkeye Compact like all the other rifles or pistols with the word compact appended to the end is a compact version of its primary in this case the Ruger M77 Hawkeye ...(more)
Make: Remington Model: 870 Express Tactical Caliber: 12 gauge
The Model 870 Express Tactical with XS Ghost Ring Sights is optimized for rapid target acquisition and precise shot placement with the XS blade sight and XS Ghost Ring sight rail (...(more)
