You would absolutely "love" my Mod 700 Classic with its Limbsaver pad! No worse than a heavy loaded 30-06.
More than a few years back (1994) I thought I needed a all weather 300 Win Mag and found a super clean and little used Remington M700 ss BDL with the 1st gen Tupperware stock. The recoil pad was hard as a rock and the gun would kill at both ends. Later I found a Limbsaver drop in replacement for the original but it still required a lot of hand fitting to work. None the less it reduced felt recoil to a stout 270 load and made the gun much more enjoyable to shoot. MB
" Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "
No worse than a heavy loaded 30-06.