haven't picked it up yet from the 'smith, but got a gen 1 micro bastard for my tikka t3x lite also in 300wsm. the recoil wasn't horrible but it wasn't close to pleasant. you never feel it in the field, but i would like to take some time testing out various ammo for accuracy and then getting good dope out to 5-600yds, my self-imposed limit on elk.
i put a little bastard on my 7stw and that def made a difference. that didn't go down to 1/2x28 that was needed for the tikka's narrower barrel.