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Tikka.

Ah ha. Its good to have buddies, but sometimes it means you sell stuff to them at great prices and both of you win. Another one of my buddies bought 3 of my Savage rifles. He loves Savage though, and 2 of them were the older Predator models (223 rem and 22-250). Then a coworker needed a long range rifle, so I gave up my Savage 12FV 6.5 Creedmoor. We would go to a private range after work and would shoot 4-500 yards. He felt left out because he did not have a good rifle. I sold the package deal for cheap. I told him that I would not sell it to anyone from my club because I would not want to compete against that rifle. Slowly, my Savage rifle collection dwindled away. I hate to make it sound like I'm bad mouthing Savage, because they have all been great shooters. I just believe they are not as rock solid as the Tikka's are...

There aren't many (rifles) that I wouldn't take over a Savage.

Another tally for the Tikka.

Great cartridge. The epitome of "mountain rifle" cartridges. Hard to go wrong with that choice.. Others that work well would be 7mm08, 308w, and of course 6.5 Creedmoor. Of course, there are many more cartridges that would work well. For my lightweight Tikka's, I don't like to go over 7mm rem mag, because they will pound you..

Zero question. Tikka. I own 7 and years ago slid my Savages or Stevens 200’s down the road.

Tikka = BMW ergonomics that shoots like a 3k custom.

Savage = Ford Pinto looks but shoots like a Dodge Dart

I bought my first Savage left hand 110 in 1972 I bought 6 after that.Then I bought a Tikka 595 I never bought another Savage but have bought T3,T3x and T1x I would buy more but Beretta in their stupidity doesn’t bring in a lot of left hand models.

I’ve got a 300 Win in the Superlite and you are 100% correct. It’s very accurate and very sporty off the bench.

Tikka - no contest

Tikka, no question. I own 2 of them in 270, got the T3x Lite stainless. I liked the first one so much I bought a second one for a back up.

Damn! If you already have a 90's era Remington 700 Mountain rifle your not going to be upgrading with either of the rifles you are considering, I would rather have the Mountain Rifle any day.....Hb

I have a Savage UL in 280 AI. It took me awhile to smooth out the action, and the AccuTrigger is not my favorite (will likely replace it with a Timney soon). I think the Tikka edges out the Savage in several factors. My main decision on the Savage over the Tikka was Tikka doesn’t make a 280 AI, and I didn’t want the buy a new rifle and re-barrel it. I do like the Savage now, it’s very accurate and the action has smoothed out nicely.

Buy the dam thing........then look as close as you want.....

I would suggest you find a decent optic, zero. .....and never look back.

I apologize for my outburst.......imma drinking likker and in my buzziness......mistook this comparison of a tikka and the savage as an idiotic question.......im sorry as i am lord of the idiotic questions.

I have owned a lot of tikkas and one Savage UL. Tikkas are great for alot reasons, my only real negative that applies to all of the ones owned is they are slow compared to other brands with the same barrel length.

I have a 100 UL in 6.5 creed. I bought it used and got a good deal. It is a crazy accurate rifle, honest .5-.75 moa shooter, likes all 5 loads I have tried. The action is pretty smooth. The accutrigger takes a little getting used to. the stock could be stiffer but I love the adjustable comb and lop kit it comes with. The pad is great. The magazine is a beyond stupid one, I like blind mags or floorplates, but it feeds smooth. I like the nitride finish.

The savage blows the tikka away for weight.

Your call. But all I know who have the 110 UL are more than happy with them, especially the accuracy.

Spence

I have several of both and like them all. Both will shoot well. I would try and handle both and see what fits. If I was forced to choose, the only thing that would make me pick the Savage is wanting a short action or needing the lighter Savage. Outside of those being requirements, I would get a Tikka.

I was thinking the same thing!

I haven't done the deal yet because it is a damn good gun. Dragging my feet giving him an answer lol. He really wants it and the Tikka is a sweet shooting rifle and almost a pound less weight... Decisions definitely...lol

There are a few options for putting your 700 on a diet, that would probably net you a pound.

Just out of curiosity what would that be?

Get the Tikka, it's a better rifle.