I've made previous comments here on the "Fire" but far more details in several past blogs.
My rifle is nothing fancy but very light. It's a Tikka T3 Lite with a Sako match-grade barrel. It replaced all my mediums for quite a few years, though I've added another .35 Whelen and a .375 H&H (my 3rd) over the past 18 months.
My Tikka with a 3 - 9 x 40 scope weighs 7.47 lbs, and with 3 in the clip magazine (286gr NPs) comes in at 7.7 lbs. With a 286 Partition leaving the muzzle at +2600 fps, recoil was more than my current .375 H&H that weighs 10 lbs with 3 in the magazi.ne.
Due to my age (88 next month) and bouts of arthritis, I've had a muzzle brake installed on the 6.3 x 62, which is much handier to tote in rough terrain that the heavier .375 H&H -which, btw, is a left-handed bolt-action. The Tikka is RH and very smooth. I've always shot from my left side due to a childhood accident to my right eye causing blindness to it.
