Seekins Havak PH2 or Tikka Roughtec

[LONE HUNTER]

Eurooptic has both on sale right now. I was thinking of setting up a 6.5 PRC just because I want to. Which rifle would you pick and why between these two?

 

[hereinaz]

Always the Seekins for me. All the ones I have seen are shooters and are nice to shoot. Nothing needed to upgrade. The customer service and rifles are solid. Can't go wrong with either though.

 

[TX4ever]

I was debating between Tikka, Seekins and Sako and few weeks ago. Ended up paying more and going with the Seekins mostly for aesthetics and their lifetime transferable warranty. Really like it so far but this is before the Roughtechs went on sale and probably would have saved a few bucks and went that route. Don't think you can go wrong with either

 

[Halligan]

I’m in the exact same predicament right now. Having handled both, the question is, do you like the stock on the seekins, if not, then go tikka and get the stock you want for the same scratch.

The only other consideration I’ve been pondering is due to @Formidilosus bringing up, the reliability rem 700 pattern trigger systems in rough conditions. But I’ll let him elaborate on the severity, cause, and possible fixes, as I’m unsure as to what triggers are affected/if trigger techs suffer the same problems.

To Form: saw an interesting point made about the trigger tech in the seekins, apparently the pull weight decreases with cold temp. Happen to know any background not this?

 

[LONE HUNTER]

I’m in the exact same predicament right now. Having handled both, the question is, do you like the stock on the seekins, if not, then go tikka and get the stock you want for the same scratch.

The only other consideration I’ve been pondering is due to @Formidilosus bringing up, the reliability rem 700 pattern trigger systems in rough conditions. But I’ll let him elaborate on the severity, cause, and possible fixes, as I’m unsure as to what triggers are affected/if trigger techs suffer the same problems.

To Form: saw an interesting point made about the trigger tech in the seekins, apparently the pull weight decreases with cold temp. Happen to know any background not this?

I DMed him earlier and his response was that the seekins work fine but are plagued with the same issues all other R700 platform rifles are. He recommended a Tikka.