hotsoup,
I have owned both styles, and I'll take the Classic design any time. And I have a fairly fat face. I'm 5'7" and 220.
Like the previous poster stated, the Wby design seems to have more jump. I prefer the recoil to come straight back. I've owned numerous .375 H&H's and .416's and NEVER had a problem shooting them accurately, even off the bench...
In fact, my favored stock design is the Remington CDL. Also fairly fond of the Winny M-70 FWT.
GH