Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles tikka t3 in 7mm mag, recoil brutal??

Thinking of getting a tikka in 7mm mag but I've read that the recoild is pretty stiff. Is it really that bad? My normal rifle is a rem 700 in 30-06 that i put in a Holland laminated stock, which is pretty heavy, so was wondering if the tikka would be much worse.

After adding a Lumley recoil kit and limbsaver pad to mine, it's pleasant to shoot. No issues at all

Anybody that says they can tell the difference in recoil between a 7mm rem mag & a 30-06 is lying to you. Individual rifles vary due to weight or stock design, etc., but there is no difference in recoil between the two rounds that can be detected by anybody if they're shooting similar weight bullets.

I'm not so sure about that the 7 mag shooting a 140 grain bullet at 3250 with a powder charge of 67.5 of reloader 22 and a 06 using a 165 grain bullet with a velocity of 2680 using 55.5 H414, there is a definite difference in recoil.

Not a horrible difference but the 7 mag is "snappy" while the 06 is a "push". I would say that there is a slight difference to my shoulder.

I could handle the recoil! It's the name 'tikka' that gives me the schitts!!

That's a pretty mild 30-06 load so there probably is a difference in recoil there. Full house loads of similar bullet weights they're too close for anyone to tell the difference.

Different powders have different burn characteristics also. In my 7mm rem mag I shot a 140 gr accubond in front of RL-25 for years at 3250 fps. I ran out of RL-25 and couldn't find it so I worked up a load with IMR7828 giving the same velocity. The RL-25 load was harder kicking than the IMR7828 load, it was very noticable even though they were the same bullets at the same velocity and the powder charges were within 2 grs. of each other. Something about the RL-25 load just thumped you harder.

On average though there's no detectable difference between the kick of a 30-06 and 7mm rem mag. Move up to any of the 300 mags and I can definitely tell the difference.

One range session will have you looking either to modify the stock or looking for the nearest gun shop. A Limbsaver is a good play although it lengthens the lop about 3/8". Good luck.

Nothing a diaper won't take care of!

Shod

Pick up a spare recoil lug for when it bends on you.

If you can't find one, double up a piece of tin foil and that should about equal the strength of the original.....

I agree whole heartedly, one of my brother in laws had a cheap Savage 110 in 30-06 in the cheesy wood stock, that thing kicked alot harder than my 7mag BDL 700.

I put a limbsaver on my 300 WSM and the 270 WSM and it really helps alot.

No...No....No, you triple the tin foil to keep the fine tolerances where they needs to be! These tikkas is rocket science man. Grin

Shod

Y'all are wimps. I have a TIKKA Superlite in 7mm. Recoil is very tolerable.

I'm sorry. Triple. My bad

I've had three Tikka lite stainless. A 270, 7 mag, and a 7-08. I've shot them a lot. When I read here about the recoil lugs being weak, I pulled mine out of the stocks and sure enough, I could see a faint impression in each of them. It sure didn't seem to make a difference in how well they shot.
I bought a steel lug. I think it cost about $25. I don't think I needed to, it was just something to try.

I put the Limbsaver on mine. Then I put a cheek piece on them. Besides giving a better cheek weld, it makes them seem much more comfortable to shoot. Right now I'm really liking one from Triad tactical. Not the purse one, just the pad.

I shot my 7 mag a lot. It was REALLY accurate and I thought the recoil was fine. With that said, I sold both my 7 mags. The 7-08 is just so nice to shoot I liked it better.

LOL! Holy shidt is this true?

Gotta be kidding....no?

I ask because I have never owned one. My only exposure was a friend who had a very accurate 223....until the trigger fell apart. I guess it didn't kick much.

The "recoil lug" is a free floating chunk of aluminum worth about 10�.

I don't own one, but have seen pics of bent ones from harder kicking chamberings. Some right here on the Fire....

Recoil? in a 7MM ANYTHING? SERIOUSLY?

Recoil from the bench sure, so use some padding. In the field not so much unless you're prone. I'd consider a 7-08 Montana if you want light and recoil bothers you.

Regarding the lugs, my guess is that those pics of bent lugs are from guys not tightening the action down before shooting. This would give things a running start.

The marks on mine, I couldn't even measure them they were so faint, Again, a guess, but I would think the lug might compress and then stop. That is what mine looked like anyway.
I had three. All shot great.

A hunting friend has one in 300, a 7 mag, and a 7-08. Another buddy has one in 300, another in 338, a different buddy with a 7-08, and two more friends with lites in 270.

For what it's worth, no lug problems and all of them shot really well.

My 7mm RM recoils a bit sharper shooting 180 Bergers than my 06 shooting the same weight bullets. Buddies T3 lite with 162 Amaxs. Not punishing at all.