I loaded 150 partitions in my wife's 30-06 with 46 grains of IMR 3031 for about 2800 ft/sec. Recoil was fine for her. She shot a nice buck at 200 yards.
Then I discovered TSX Barnes, and with a 150 TSX, she dropped a nice bull moose in his tracks. Nothing wrong with a good bullet through the vitals even for moose.