The Tikka T3x Lite is a lightweight bolt-action .308 Winchester built for hunting on foot, and Tikka still builds it in Finland. It weighs 6.40 lbs, and its cold hammer forged barrel needs no break-in, according to Tikka.

The receiver has a 17 mm rail along the top, but scope mounts for it have to be cut for Tikka and Sako; Sako's Optilock bases and rings are made to fit it. No open sights are fitted. The single-stage trigger is set at 3 lbs and adjusts with a 2.5 mm Allen key through the magazine well, so the barreled action never leaves the stock. The muzzle on this build is unthreaded, so a brake or a suppressor means barrel work.

If you're cross-shopping, the Ruger American Rifle is a used buy now, and it comes with a Picatinny base already on the receiver and a magazine that holds four. A used Browning X-Bolt Hunter weighs about the same, has a walnut stock, and its rotary magazine sits flush. Both are out of production, so the Tikka is the only one of the three you can buy new.