With the exception of the Remington 770, nobody is selling crap these days. Go to the gun shop and shoulder a bunch of different rifles. See what fits better, balances better, just all around feels better. If this is a working meat gun, go with stainless and synthetic. If you want a family heirloom, you can't beat blued steel and walnut.
We gun nuts love to argue the minutiae of different calibers, especially if we handload, and even more especially if we wildcat something esoteric. But, especially given the ongoing supply chain issues... .308, .30-07, 300WinMag, 7mmRemMag, and a small handfull of other common cartridges are less susceptible to availability issues than the more interesting cartridges.
The Swedes have been killing moose with the 6.5x55 since 1896 or so and the .257 Roberts was always a well-regarded deer and black bear round up until Internet gun bros decided that anything less than a 300WinMag was unethical; the 6.5CM will kill anything east of the Mississippi without issue.
I didn't realize that all the Tikkas are built on a long action, like the Savage Axis. In that gun I'd go with the .270 over the 6.5CM.
For a close-cover mountain rifle, inside of 300 yards, I'd go with something in .308 with a 20" or so barrel and a light synthetic or laminate stock, with the option to re-stock with something really lightweight in the future. Rem Model 7, Howa, Winchester, and Bergara would top my list. Savage is excellent, but a bit heavier than a 770. Add a stock and glass to
https://www.brownells.com/rifle-par...blue-308-win-1-prod94592.aspx?avs|Make_3=Howa and you've got a tough gun to beat.
As a handloader, I'd bump that .308 up to .358Win. As a Mauser nut, I'd build up a small-ring Mauser in 9.3x57 or 9x57, depending on what barrels I could find.