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Hey guy I bought a 338 tikka stainless with a synthetic stock as my first hunting rifle, big mistake it kicks like a mule and I dont want to develop bad habits like flinching while shooting it. So here is my question can I refit this rifle with a heavier stock to help absorb some recoil I have shot a friends older 338 that is a tank and the kick didnt seem nearly as bad! thanks in advance
 
you screwed up. put a limbsaver on it, add some lead to the butt, and handload the ammo to reduced velocity. OR, sell the rifle and buy a 270
 
I bought a tikka 7mm the same day and i shoots beautiful I have put about 1000 round through it all ready and love it. but back to the 338 I have a limb saver on it and its not like i cant shoot it especially while hunting I wont even feel the recoil just looking for a little extra wieght. how do you add lead to the stock thanks
 
Remove the recoil pad, place some shot in a bag and place it in the stock. When firing at the range, use it with the shot, when hunting, remove the bag, then you are not screwing anything up in the stock.
 
Try Robertson composites, I believe he makes a stock for you gun. This is not the ramline type of stock from the shelf this sucker will cost as much as the rifle itself and likely worth it.......
 
I've got the same Tikka in 338. I added a Limbsaver pad and got the barrel ported in Winnipeg. Feels like my 8 lbs 30.06. No problem firing 30-40 rounds off a bench at the range. It is louder but not unbearably so. What I really like is the total reduction of muzzle jump. I've seen my bullet (210grs. Barnes TSX) go through a moose, such that I knew I didn't need a second shot.
 
Mercury recoil reducer, adds about 6-8 oz to the stock but is filled with mercury and will absorb recoil as the mercury sloshes about.

there si a guy on CGN who makes them, he can install or guide you through the process to do it yourself.

If you want to add weight add it to both the butt and the forend for balance.
 
338 tIKKA t3

I was in the local hunting store in fall of 2006 where 2 older guys ordered in Tikka T3 338 in the Stainless Lite model and said to myself, they wont shoot that for too long. Tikka T3 rifles are great shooters but I would say the Lite models are not suited for the larger calibers.

Sell it and get it in the LS model or find a T3 LS stock and try the Limb Saver. I actually seen either on Gunnutz or on AO forum a Tikka T3 Varmint Stainless in 338 for sale.
 
bill c68 said:
Mercury recoil reducer, adds about 6-8 oz to the stock but is filled with mercury and will absorb recoil as the mercury sloshes about.

there si a guy on CGN who makes them, he can install or guide you through the process to do it yourself.

If you want to add weight add it to both the butt and the forend for balance.
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Sounds like a mechanics "dead blow" hammer, must work similar in principal?
 
Interesting.. does he actually use Mercury? I thought it was a "listed" Substance.

Edit: Just did a google search (why I don't do that before posting is beyond me) and got my answer. U may have to check these out.
 
tkv000 said:
Interesting.. does he actually use Mercury? I thought it was a "listed" Substance.

Edit: Just did a google search (why I don't do that before posting is beyond me) and got my answer. U may have to check these out.
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I installed one in a Stevens 200 but I never did shoot it, I was building agun for my wife to use. I tried installing it in a Baikal 20 Gauge but screwed up the hole in the stock.

I plan on putting one in my Tikka 22-250 some day just to see if I can get it to shoot like a .223 and eliminate the slight muzzle jump.
 
mercury is one of the most toxic substances on earth... no offense to anyone but i wouldnt exactly want to be buying 'homemade' objects filled with it like recoil reducers and fishing lures.

just make a 'beanbag' of lead shot. stuff it into the stock. then take a piece of closed cell foam, cut to fit a little oversized and jam it in behind the beanbag. screw the buttplate back on, and youre set.

pretty much the overwhelming consensus about aftermarket mercury recoil reducers is that they are somewhat of a gimmick, most of their recoil-reducing properties come from the additional weight and not some mystical recoil-reducing effect of the mercury. save your money and just stick to the lead filled stock and a limbsaver or other high-quality recoil pad. if you cant handle the recoil of the gun with that, sell the gun. no sense developing a flinch over a Tikka.
 
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