There was no take-up, and the break was good and crisp. The bolt release is situated on the left side of the action and operates as one would anticipate. The barrel on the rifle is a hammer created medium weight barrel. It has a 1:11 twist which is odd for a factory rifle, but suitable for 175gr ammunition.
The muzzle comes from the factory threaded for a suppressor or muzzle brake (available for sale separately, and not assessed in this review). This is another good tactical touch for a factory rifle. Something that is odd that you will not see on lots of rifles is that near the muzzle, beginning maybe 6-7 from the muzzle, the barrel in fact gets thicker.
I can only presume this was done to support the weight of a suppressor. Though I may be incorrect! Honestly, I do not understand if this is excellent or bad in terms of muzzle whip or harmonics, though I figure Tikka would know best how it affects accuracy. For the shooting assessment of the rifle, we installed a Mueller 3-10x44mm Tac, II scope with a set of Warne Tactical rings on top of the factory supplied rail.
So, with the scope at factory no (zero-zero on the knobs) we fired the first group. It was merely. 75 to the left of point of goal at 100 lawns with federal gold medal match 168gr ammo. I have actually never ever seen a rifle that near to zero without touching a single dial on the scope after mounting.
So, with 3 clicks of right on the scope, we were zeroed. The rifle recoils relatively briskly for a tactical rifle because of its lighter weight and thinner recoil pad. However Found Here was still moderate compared to light hunting rifles, and it is only a. 308. Extraction is extremely positive offering no doubts that if possible, extraction will occur.
I will state that in terms of supreme precision, I was hoping for. 5 MOA, but I never ever did accomplish that. I was close on various occasions, however never ever broke that mark. However I will say that this rifle was incredibly constant. It basically shot whatever I fed it at less than 1 MOA.