RE: Recoil and stock configuration
oldelkhunter is right. The more drop at the heel there is, the more the rifle butt wants to jump up during recoil. And this drives the Monte Carlo cheekpiece into your face more. For hard kicking calibers, the straighter the stock is, the better off you are regardless of whether or not there is a cheek piece. And yes, the 300 WSM in a 6.5 pound rifle is gonna kick a bunch. He also brings up a good point. Tikka only has one action size in the T-3.