Saving myself some typing by quoting old posts. Guess I've said it a few times now.
If you click through to the original posts, I also discuss stock fit and optic mounting. Tikka wins on all three points.
Current status: My Howas went down the road during the dempanic cleanout. Sold three Howas, bought one Tikka Superlite stainless in .223 as an understudy for a T3 Lite stainless in .308. Interested in a T1x shorty in .22LR, but I already money-pitted a Savage that is essentially the same thing, so that's hard to justify.