It's hard to say anything bad about the Tikkas as I have owned a few and they have generally been pretty accurate. However, I believe the Bergara rifles have several distinct advantages over them. First, being a Remington 700 footprint is a huge plus for Bergara, especially when looking for aftermarket parts like bases, triggers and stocks. The other issue with the Tikkas is that their stocks are really flimsy and their bottom metal is polymer. I cracked two separate bottom metals of Tikkas just torquing to spec. The Bergara bottom metal is truly metal and the stocks are all at least pillar bedded with a few having aluminum chassis embedded. The last thing that is more of an annoyance to me is that putting a rail on top of Tikkas dovetail rail puts the scope higher than I like. I know that there is at least a couple of brands of rings that come in models that directly attach to the dovetail, I just like more flexibility in choosing rings. Finally, Bergara customer service is great if you need it. I had a bad experience with Tikka when I needed a replacement magazine retention spring. I couldn't get ahold of anyone at Tikka/Beretta at the time and lucked into one from a guy online. That was 4-5 years ago though.
