After shooting a .300 weatherby and a .338 win mag, both in weatherby vangaurds with the same barrel length (both synthetic, one stainless) I would say the .300 weatherby is nastier to shoot. Same recoil pads as well, now I can easily handle both and enjoy shooting them, and haven't fired a .300 win mag, I would imagine a .300 win mag in a similar set up would be less than both? It isn't a huge increase on a 30-06.
