Tikka lite stainless vs X-bolt western hunter stainless

[Texasbuckeye]

Looking st these two in .300wm. Like that the Xbolt comes with a factory brake, but that is a pretty easy thing to do so not a deal breaker.

Looking more at the nitty gritty:
Barrel tikka 24.4” vs xbolt 26”
Twist 1:11 vs 1:10
Overall length 44.5 vs 46.75
Weight 6.5 vs 6.8

Any other factors I don’t know about such as crappy magaizine, bad bolt throw, sucky stock, trigger, etc

Will go with a comparable scope in the sub 2# range for elk hunting in the plains and mountains. Want to be able to reach out to 5-600 reliably.

Any feedback or questions I don’t know to ask?

 

[2five7]

For that caliber, I would definitely go X-bolt. Faster twist barrel, and longer mag length. You'll be limited in the Tikka if you want to shoot longer high BC bullets.

 

[slowelk]

There have been so many threads lately about tikka vs browning - use the forum search.

 

[Texasbuckeye]

Appreciate the post slowelk, but most of
Those posts were directed at short range shooting and smaller caliber guns. I was curious if there would be a difference in the barrel and twist rate in the two given the range and obvious velocity/KE downrange would make a play on these two. I am pretty sure this is not a huge point but wanted to throw out the possibility with the specific differences I detailed in my Original post. I am not a long range guy and have little experience with big game. My experience is shorter range and medium game, so that’s why I was asking....