In my case I have owned both Tikka T3x and Browning AB3 as well as X Bolts. The hands down choice, no matter what caliber you choose goes to the Tikka T3x especially for accuracy. The Tikka's have extremely smooth actions, all shot sub MOA right out of the box with medium to high quality hunting ammo. They are lightweight, have good triggers, mine came from the factory at 2.5 to 3 pounds and the synthetic stocks are stiff enough on the fore end not to bend when using a sling so that the stock touches the free floated barrel. The Brownings, both AB3 and XBolt had wood stocks, which was a plus but the actions were not all that smooth, the triggers had some creep and did not break as clean as the Tikkas, nor where they anywhere near as accurate. Both were extremely fussy about ammo, both factory and hand loads and while the XBolt would shoot sub MOA the AB3 was 1 MOA or larger. I know that there are those of you out there that will argue the points presented here, so be it. I am only reporting my experiences with these two manufaceturers rifles. I have recently acquired vintage Remington 700 in 338 Win Mag that shoots 0.5 MOA cloverleaf groups all day with good ammo. All the rifles above had Vortex Diamondback Tactical or most recently Vortex Strike Eagle scopes on them.
