RE: Recoil and stock configuration
All things equal about the guns one with less drop at the heel will have less apparent recoil. If your going from a Winchester model 70 7wsm 7 1/4 lbs roughly to a Tikka T3 in 300 wsm 6 1/2 roughly you will definitely feel the difference in recoil. You do realize that buying the Tiika you are getting a long actioned gun not a short action like the other manufacturers ?