Better.
I've had three. The first two were a .204 Ruger and a 1:8" .223, bought in Aus for fox, dog and roo control. Absolute lasers. When we left to return to New Zealand the station manager insisted on buying them as he would always pick one up in favour of his own rifle. So I sold them for more than I paid for them, and a month or so later bought another in .223.
I can bore you for hours with stories of remarkable deeds with the Tikka SuperVarmint, there's a few videos of it in action on here. Suffice to say that at this time of year it is used every second day for hares, rabbits and goats and occasionally small deer, anything under ~300m is an easy shot assuming the wind is behaving. In fact if you point it at anything closer than 150m, you feel guilty.
Obviously we all have our favourites and there's nothing wrong with any of the other brands mentioned. But there's something about the Tikka that puts it head and shoulders above the rest in its price class. I put it down to the excellent fitting stock, silky smooth action and the utterly unfussy barrel which will shoot anything into tiny little holes. It seems oblivious to nodes or ladders or any of the reloading principles. Mine is a 1:12" and shoots any bullet between 40-55gr pretty much perfectly, regardless of velocity.
The SuperVarmint is regarded as something of a premium rifle here, and pricing reflects that.
I've had three. The first two were a .204 Ruger and a 1:8" .223, bought in Aus for fox, dog and roo control. Absolute lasers. When we left to return to New Zealand the station manager insisted on buying them as he would always pick one up in favour of his own rifle. So I sold them for more than I paid for them, and a month or so later bought another in .223.
I can bore you for hours with stories of remarkable deeds with the Tikka SuperVarmint, there's a few videos of it in action on here. Suffice to say that at this time of year it is used every second day for hares, rabbits and goats and occasionally small deer, anything under ~300m is an easy shot assuming the wind is behaving. In fact if you point it at anything closer than 150m, you feel guilty.
Obviously we all have our favourites and there's nothing wrong with any of the other brands mentioned. But there's something about the Tikka that puts it head and shoulders above the rest in its price class. I put it down to the excellent fitting stock, silky smooth action and the utterly unfussy barrel which will shoot anything into tiny little holes. It seems oblivious to nodes or ladders or any of the reloading principles. Mine is a 1:12" and shoots any bullet between 40-55gr pretty much perfectly, regardless of velocity.
The SuperVarmint is regarded as something of a premium rifle here, and pricing reflects that.
