Hi, I am wondering if anyone has experience with the same round in different rifles. I had a 300 wsm in a Vanguard witch weighed 7.5lbs, I had no problem shooting it with the factory pad. I just bought a T3 hunter stainless in 300wsm, it weighs 7lbs, I wonder if I will see a huge difference with the T3 being 1/2lbs lighter? Should I order a Limbsaver or will the difference be minimal?
How much more recoil will 1/2 pound feel like?
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Given all the givens it won't be much.
I've shot a 270 in both a winchester model 70 sporter and a kimber montana. The weight does make a difference but I find that stock design changes how the recoil is managed. The pad on the kimber is great and I find the stock angles to fit me wonderfully so the overall effect of the recoil felt about the same as the model 70 which was at least a pound heavier, if not more
Unless your on a pack hunt with all your gear and game strapped to your pack.
But, for the most part the quote is bang on.
Rob
Too funny !! Its not for me then... I'm losing mine fast enough, don't need any help !
Within reason, stock fit is much more important than weight. Look at shotgunners. With a correctly fitting stock, 250 shots or more in a day is no problem, but using a gun that doesn't fit, the shoulder starts to hurt after only 25 shots. There is no doubt that all else being equal, the lighter rifle will kick harder, but since the 2 rifles in question have different stocks, it's pretty hard to have any meaningful comparison between the 2. It's the little things that get you, like the bottom and top corners of the recoil pad not sitting just so, to the angle of the comb not being just so, and so on and so forth.
Try plunking in some numbers and see what you come up with: http://www.handloads.com/calc/recoil.asp
Lol. reminds me of a 300 WM I had in one of those boat paddle Rugers. It was like settling in behind a giant wood chisel.
This!!!! No way to compare what the recoil will feel like between different rifles without actually shooting them. I haven't seen many T3s chambered in 7mm and higher recoil that didn't benefit from a Limbsaver. They do make a huge difference.
The downside to the prefit Limbsavers is that LOP will change. That could conceivably work in your favor. but if it doesn't then you open the can of worms of trying to fit LOP with Tupperware stocks. Its not hard to spend a couple hundred trying to make a $2 stock fit. Do that a couple times and you start seeing that merit in McMillan stocks that are made to fit and come with a pad installed.
For what its worth, I've had T3s in .300 WSM, and .300 Mag plus Vanguards in .300 Win and .300 Weatherby. A T3 Lite .300 WSM with a Bolt on Limbsaver is a pussy-cat to shoot, barely mustering up enough recoil to bounce on the bags. The same rifle in .300 Win would tend to get your attention. Part of that may have been that I could swim faster than the Winchester 180 grain factory loads, but whatever.
I sold the T3 WSM to a friend who wanted a light and light recoiling rifle for his 13 year old kid. As far as I know he's still killing things with it.
For what its worth, I've had T3s in .300 WSM, and .300 Mag plus Vanguards in .300 Win and .300 Weatherby. A T3 Lite .300 WSM with a Bolt on Limbsaver is a pussy-cat to shoot, barely mustering up enough recoil to bounce on the bags. The same rifle in .300 Win would tend to get your attention. Part of that may have been that I could swim faster than the Winchester 180 grain factory loads, but whatever.
I sold the T3 WSM to a friend who wanted a light and light recoiling rifle for his 13 year old kid. As far as I know he's still killing things with it.
