I had a BAR safari grade in .338wm, and I truly miss that rifle, didn’t really have a need for the horsepower, and it was too pretty, but the weight was ok with me for that rifle in particular, for an unbraked .338, it was pleasant to shoot, I got more sore shooting my .270 tikka, I think the combo of weight and gas operated, it was a fun rifle to shoot… it pushed pretty hard of course, but didn’t have much sting… I shot it side by side with my little tikka often, and the big boomer was easier on my shoulder, and I don’t think factory tikka stocks fit me well