Tikka vs fierce

Not to try and derail a thread but why consider a clone?
Why buy a copy when you can actually buy a Sako 75, 85, or 90…
Having never handled a Fierce perhaps I’m missing something, the difference seems to me to be added branding and or colors/graphics…(?).
Had multiple Tikka’s, good rifles.
Had a Sako 85, would never consider a Tikka again after having that one unless budget was the prime factor.
 
My buddy has a fierce that he’s let me shoot a few times, it’s solid, light, super nice! I do have a factory tikka t3 in 6.5 creedmoor, with my hand loads shoots 1/2 moa. It’s my favourite gun to shoot that I own. I don’t think you could go wrong in either direction.
 
The Fierce is what you would call, "lip sick on a pig." Because I can tell you with absolute certainty that the Tikka is a better rifle. Change the Tikkas barrel for a carbon fiber one and place it in a Hunt 26 Chassis and you will have a way better rifle than that Fierce.
 
Fierce rifles are really, really nice if they check the boxes for you. Also quite expensive.

Tikka rifles offer good value for dollar in comparison, the prices have come up but the quality has not gone down. They offer a solid, hunting-weight rifle with consistent accuracy/precision and good aftermarket support. You can buy a T3X Lite, add a Fullfield IV and some Talley's and have a perfectly capable hunting rifle.

With the same budget for both though, you can *significantly* upgrade the glass for a Tikka, add a bottom metal, tune the trigger, add a few extra mags, even swap out the stock. If/when the barrel is cooked you can also swap a pre-fit barrel in it's place.

If you have the money to go Fierce, you also likely have the money to go custom, so that's another consideration. Fierce rifles were previously made in Quebec by Antler Arms, which offers their own rifles direct to consumers and they also look really nice for a modern do-all kill stick.

There's just so many options up in that price range. My T3X is a Lite Stainless model in 7-mag with a Leupold VX3-HD 3.5-10 in Talley rings. Mcarbo trigger spring, P.R. Precision bottom metal, and Atlas titanium recoil lug. Sitting in a factory plastic stock with the vertical grip. Limbsaver pad. Accurate with 140 and 150gr Core-Lokt, *really* accurate with 145 LRX, absolutely freak with 160 Partitions. Anywhere from 1.25" - .60" in general and I'm sure it can be tuned to do better once is get a few other projects finished off first.
 
45C said:
So you’re paying $1000 for a Tikka action?
Wouldn’t you be better off just buying a Solus or Mack bros action and build off that?
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Still the best option in my mind considering that you don't need to add a trigger as the one that it comes with is as good as many of the aftermarket ones. Plus, the ease of assembling one now with a pre chambered barrel nut option like that from IBI is a no brainer. I've built more than a few in the past using custom actions and most have gone off to other people. The ones I have now are both on Tikka actions and work well for what I need them to do. If you're wallet allows then have at it. If I had to start from the beginning again, I'd probably go the Tikka route and invest the extra coin saved on better optics and components.
 
Mumbles Marble Mouth said:
The Fierce is what you would call, "lip sick on a pig." Because I can tell you with absolute certainty that the Tikka is a better rifle. Change the Tikkas barrel for a carbon fiber one and place it in a Hunt 26 Chassis and you will have a way better rifle than that Fierce.
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Appx. 2K for the HNT26, 1400 for the CFW barrel, 1300 for the tikka, 200+ for the brake, 275 for the TT or B&A trigger, plus smith cost and you"ll have a rifle that may or may not be any better than the Fierce.
 
remington jim said:
Well you cannot buy an action as good as a tikka for anywhere near a $1000 here in Canada . RJ
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Now thats funny right there, any action is as good as a Tikka if not better for what you get.........and yes you can buy lots of factory rifles with excellent actions for the same price as a Tikka or less, Howa 1500/Weatherby Vanguard and they even have an integrated recoil lug, Sako A7, Kimber if you want CRF, Begara etc, just because a Tikka is smooth people assume its an excellent action,

Don't get me wrong they are a good action and very serviceable rifle for what they are, they make a very good hunting rifle platform, hard to beat and all stainless rifle that shoots well for hunting and they usually feed and extract very well but the heart of a Tikka Rifle is the barrel, soon as most people buy one they are changing everything on them, trigger and or trigger spring, bottom metal, stock, bolt shroud, etc.......

Its like buying a Remington 700 donor rifle to use as custom build its pointless as you have to change everything on the rifle to get it to where it needs to be as well as truing and squaring the action, trigger, firing pin assembly etc
In the end you'll be lucky to save a few hundred bucks over using a aftermarket action by the time your finished dicking around with that junk.
 
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remington jim said:
Well you cannot buy an action as good as a tikka for anywhere near a $1000 here in Canada . RJ
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That’s not what I said Jim.
But you can buy an custom action for a few hundred more than the Tikka though.
Mack bros $1400
Solus $1260
Not a lot more if you look at the overall picture
 
Dustin2455 said:
Build a tikka veil or buy a rogue? Anyone have experience with fierce firearms?
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If you buy a Tikka Veil it’s basically $2000 unless you pick up and used one, the stock is plastic so if you want to change that to a Carbon Fiber stock it’s pretty much $1000 or more, so now your at 3G, change the trigger spring, maybe bottom metal, myself I don’t really mind the polymer ones but to each their own.
If you go Tikka buy a Roughtech, $500 cheaper than the veil, comes with a brake as well, change the trigger spring and the stock and your good to go, if you want a CF barrel that’s another $1400 for an aftermarket one.

Buy a Carbon Rogue and they are $3400 tax included, they come with an excellent CF stock, two lug push feed action, Bix and Andy Trigger, factory muzzle brake, their CF barrel which is a bit hit and miss, most shoot well some don’t so if you buy one, call Omer at Precision Optics tell him your desired cartridge and have him test fire for accuracy and go from there.

That’s a pretty good components list for the money, and I’m not advocating for a Fierce Rifle just pointing out the facts.

As far as Fierce Rogue Rifle I really just like the Rogue stock, very much like a Gunwerks Clymer with a more traditional grip and more room between the trigger guard and your fingers
 
hawk-i said:
Appx. 2K for the HNT26, 1400 for the CFW barrel, 1300 for the tikka, 200+ for the brake, 275 for the TT or B&A trigger, plus smith cost and you"ll have a rifle that may or may not be any better than the Fierce.
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Just do a quick search on Fierce quality control. They're not worth even close to what they charge for them. Complete garbage and the new American made guns are perhaps worse than the Canadian made guns.
 
Anything short action I'd choose a T3 action over a Rem/clone. The T3 action is just a bit short for longer loaded LA cartridges. We sometimes come across shot out rifles on either T3 or Rem actions. The T3 action will be up to twice as expensive as the rem but taking into account the Trigger replacing on the Rem it evens out. We pay the equivalent of 200-400 USD for a used rem action and 400-600 USD for shot out T3's. I have several Rem based rifles as well that serve me well.

One of the sweetest T3 based shooters I had. 308 3 groove Lilja 1/13 barrel.

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