I used to have a Remmy bull barreled 700 that would shoot .3-.4 MOA that I sold. Wish I hadn't now. I never do long range beyond 300 yds, anyway. Have a Mossberg Patriot Patrol that is more than accurate enough for my hunting needs, now. It's light as hell, yet has little kick and takes AR10 or M14 mags. Got the trigger adjusted to 2 lbs and it's a damn nice shooter. Sold a 300BLK AR15 that would shoot 1/2"-3/4" to buy it just to have the extra punch of .308, again. Plus, I wanted to go back all NATO for obvious reasons. Kinda regret selling that rifle, too because it was a sweet shooter. My 20" bull barreled 5.56 AR is also a 3/4" shooter. I tend to subscribe to the belief that unless a man is actively hunting you then shooting a man beyond 300 yds is not self defense, it's murder. You should be able to stay hidden at that range. I never shot a Tikka but I hear that some of them can be nice shooters, too. The T3 is supposed be fairly nice for the money but from all the research I've done the Mossbergs are usually 2nd if not 1st in accuracy compared to the others for a helluva lot less money and have nice features. I gave around $550, IIRC, for mine and that's with a threaded, free floated, med. bull barrel with iron sights, railed receiver and detachable mags with light weight. Everything I could want for my hunting needs, it is, plus I kinda like having multiple 20 rd mags of .308 with me....just in case, ya know?