I have a Tikka t3 in 300wsm. It does kick some but its my 1st magnum rifle so I don't have anything to compare to...Nothing thats to bad though. My turkey gun rattles me alot more. I personally wanted a 300 win mag but none of the dealers around here had one in any rifle. I checked every outdoor store between my house here in NWFlorida to Huntsville AL. No one hada WMin stock and almost all of them said they wouldn't be ordering any more due to the fact they couldn't give them away. Everyone wants the wsm. So I settled for the wsm. I haven't had any trouble finding ammo for it. Maybe notthe exact ammo I want, but its readily available at Wally World, Academy, and every gun shop I've been in...I can't say the same for the WM ammo. Wallyworld didn't have.(What does thattell you)? Winchester seems to be the most popular ammo brand that I've seen available.