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<blockquote data-quote="DartonJager" data-source="post: 2210200" data-attributes="member: 95733"><p>My thoughts exactly </p><p>I decided to buy as light weight rifle as I could find and afford for specifically high elevation mountain hunting after MUCH research I kept on coming back to the (now discontinued) Tikka T3 Lite the reviews of which I found in the hundreds and hundreds consistently rated the T3 as vg to excellent. </p><p>So I bought one </p><p></p><p>I have no explanation for it but recoil for me truely is a non issue and I have more experience with very harsh recoiling rifles than most as 90%+ of the CF rifles and shotguns I own are in magnum calibers such as 7mmstw 300wm, 300wsm, 338wm, 12ga 3.5" turkey guns and 12ga sabot slug guns and a smokeless Savage 10ML-II that my favorite load launches 290-300 grain projectiles at a MV of 2550-2650fps </p><p>My Tikka T3 is in 300wsm and my most accurate load is using either 180grn SGK or 190grn NABLR and both run about 2950ish MV and yes it recoils quite noticeably but it's no worse than my 10ML-II and less punishing than my 12ga A- bolt launching a 601 grain/1-3/8 Oz sabot slug at 1550fps/mv</p><p>If recoil is a serious issue for a shooter then your options in mitigating said recoil in a rifle weighing under 7lbs are very limited if you wish to keep the rifle Lite as possible</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DartonJager, post: 2210200, member: 95733"] My thoughts exactly I decided to buy as light weight rifle as I could find and afford for specifically high elevation mountain hunting after MUCH research I kept on coming back to the (now discontinued) Tikka T3 Lite the reviews of which I found in the hundreds and hundreds consistently rated the T3 as vg to excellent. So I bought one I have no explanation for it but recoil for me truely is a non issue and I have more experience with very harsh recoiling rifles than most as 90%+ of the CF rifles and shotguns I own are in magnum calibers such as 7mmstw 300wm, 300wsm, 338wm, 12ga 3.5" turkey guns and 12ga sabot slug guns and a smokeless Savage 10ML-II that my favorite load launches 290-300 grain projectiles at a MV of 2550-2650fps My Tikka T3 is in 300wsm and my most accurate load is using either 180grn SGK or 190grn NABLR and both run about 2950ish MV and yes it recoils quite noticeably but it's no worse than my 10ML-II and less punishing than my 12ga A- bolt launching a 601 grain/1-3/8 Oz sabot slug at 1550fps/mv If recoil is a serious issue for a shooter then your options in mitigating said recoil in a rifle weighing under 7lbs are very limited if you wish to keep the rifle Lite as possible [/QUOTE]
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