Jeffenwulf
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I bought a Tikka T3 .270 a couple years back, but had never really found the chance to take her out. I fired a box of 150 grain with my brother last year, but hadn't even gotten her sighted in yet. I went out today with a few buddies to the range to rectify that mistake using 130 grain Remington Express Core-Lokt.
The results of the day were that I finally have her sighted in at 100 yards and my shoulder is killing me. I had said after the first time out that I was buying a limbsaver recoil pad. Well, I had the best intentions, but somehow never ordered it. I'm going to their website right after this to get one. This time there's no doubt.
A buddy of mine was shooting his 30-06 at a nearby table. I asked him to try her out to compare, simply because I had used .270s in the past and never experienced Mike Tyson punching me in the shoulder repeatedly. I thought maybe my estrogen levels were too high this afternoon. After one round, he quit and said it kicked twice as hard as his 30-06 using 165 grain (I think) bullets and he wasn't willing to continue. Another gentlemen signaled his willingness to try and was amazed at the recoil. When I told him I was only using 130 grain shells, he was even more amazed.
Simply put, I think the extremely light weight of the synthetic/stainless Tikka T3 along with the firm recoil pad contribute to excessive felt recoil. We only put 40 rounds through her today before moving on to the handgun range, but that was more than enough for me to think that I'm going to have a rainbow shoulder in the morning. It's too bad that none of the local stores carry the right recoil pad. I looked before heading to the range, but it's nowhere to be found locally. Thankfully there's the internet!
Any comments about how much of a wuss I am are welcome, but unless you're willing to fire a rifle that kicks FAR more than my 12 gauge, you might want to avoid the Tikka T3. Now that I've said that, I love the gun and I won't be parting with it. I will be parting with the stock recoil pad though.
-Jeff
The results of the day were that I finally have her sighted in at 100 yards and my shoulder is killing me. I had said after the first time out that I was buying a limbsaver recoil pad. Well, I had the best intentions, but somehow never ordered it. I'm going to their website right after this to get one. This time there's no doubt.
A buddy of mine was shooting his 30-06 at a nearby table. I asked him to try her out to compare, simply because I had used .270s in the past and never experienced Mike Tyson punching me in the shoulder repeatedly. I thought maybe my estrogen levels were too high this afternoon. After one round, he quit and said it kicked twice as hard as his 30-06 using 165 grain (I think) bullets and he wasn't willing to continue. Another gentlemen signaled his willingness to try and was amazed at the recoil. When I told him I was only using 130 grain shells, he was even more amazed.
Simply put, I think the extremely light weight of the synthetic/stainless Tikka T3 along with the firm recoil pad contribute to excessive felt recoil. We only put 40 rounds through her today before moving on to the handgun range, but that was more than enough for me to think that I'm going to have a rainbow shoulder in the morning. It's too bad that none of the local stores carry the right recoil pad. I looked before heading to the range, but it's nowhere to be found locally. Thankfully there's the internet!
Any comments about how much of a wuss I am are welcome, but unless you're willing to fire a rifle that kicks FAR more than my 12 gauge, you might want to avoid the Tikka T3. Now that I've said that, I love the gun and I won't be parting with it. I will be parting with the stock recoil pad though.
-Jeff
