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<blockquote data-quote="DartonJager" data-source="post: 2209983" data-attributes="member: 95733"><p>Choosing a rifle cartridge is personal decision that should be based on that individuals needs based on what he/she plans on doing with it along with and just important thier abilities and IMO slightly more important in abilities they know they are unlikely to overcome. </p><p>The hunter who's hunting is for deer 90% or more from box blinds overlooking agricultural fields or similar open areas need not take into consideration the same factors in cartridge, rifle, and scope selection as does the hunter who hunts in the high elevations of mountainous terrain.</p><p>It does the hunter absolutely no good and likely will have considerable ill affects to buy a rifle and cartridge that is either to heavy for them or recoils to much for them, as one needs to shoot a goodly amount to become a proficient shot and ethical hunter </p><p>So for those who can not tolerate harsh recoil compromises must be made</p><p>If the same hunter chooses to not utilize a muzzle brake to reduce felt recoil to a tolerable level then thier options left to them are going to negate possibly to a serious degree the reasons they choose that caliber and that rifle to begin with.</p><p></p><p>It is utterly pointless to buy a light weight mountain rifle in a heavy recoiling caliber you choose because you needed as light a rifle as you could find for a strenuous physically demanding hunt in the mountainous terrain and associated thin air only to increase its wight to that of a standard hunting rifle, it makes additionally even less sence to down load the cartridges capabilities to additionally reduce felt recoil </p><p></p><p>IMO and it's strictly MY OPINION at this point the OP's best option is to buy Tikka T3 in a less harsh recoiling caliber in the class of 30/06 or less as his simplest solution to his problem. Then when he has time sell the other rifle to recoup his costs of the new one.</p><p></p><p>As regardless if he finds a way to negate the recoil and sight in the rifle and still keeps the rifles weight and performance of the cartridge unchanged he will not have overcome the fact he will KNOW that punishing recoil awaits him every shot he takes while hunting and it more likely than not will have a negative if not detrimental affect on his marksmanship and THE ONLY thing worse IMHO than not killing an animal on a major high $$$$ out of state hunt is wounding and not recovering an animal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DartonJager, post: 2209983, member: 95733"] Choosing a rifle cartridge is personal decision that should be based on that individuals needs based on what he/she plans on doing with it along with and just important thier abilities and IMO slightly more important in abilities they know they are unlikely to overcome. The hunter who's hunting is for deer 90% or more from box blinds overlooking agricultural fields or similar open areas need not take into consideration the same factors in cartridge, rifle, and scope selection as does the hunter who hunts in the high elevations of mountainous terrain. It does the hunter absolutely no good and likely will have considerable ill affects to buy a rifle and cartridge that is either to heavy for them or recoils to much for them, as one needs to shoot a goodly amount to become a proficient shot and ethical hunter So for those who can not tolerate harsh recoil compromises must be made If the same hunter chooses to not utilize a muzzle brake to reduce felt recoil to a tolerable level then thier options left to them are going to negate possibly to a serious degree the reasons they choose that caliber and that rifle to begin with. It is utterly pointless to buy a light weight mountain rifle in a heavy recoiling caliber you choose because you needed as light a rifle as you could find for a strenuous physically demanding hunt in the mountainous terrain and associated thin air only to increase its wight to that of a standard hunting rifle, it makes additionally even less sence to down load the cartridges capabilities to additionally reduce felt recoil IMO and it's strictly MY OPINION at this point the OP's best option is to buy Tikka T3 in a less harsh recoiling caliber in the class of 30/06 or less as his simplest solution to his problem. Then when he has time sell the other rifle to recoup his costs of the new one. As regardless if he finds a way to negate the recoil and sight in the rifle and still keeps the rifles weight and performance of the cartridge unchanged he will not have overcome the fact he will KNOW that punishing recoil awaits him every shot he takes while hunting and it more likely than not will have a negative if not detrimental affect on his marksmanship and THE ONLY thing worse IMHO than not killing an animal on a major high $$$$ out of state hunt is wounding and not recovering an animal. [/QUOTE]
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