Category 2 - 7mm mag or 300 mag: These are obviously a step up.
Thanks!
My shoulder does not regard these two to be in the same catagory of recoil!
7 RM does not hurt with a good pad you can shoot a box from the bench and not be very sore the next day, if shooting at game you probably would not notice the difference with a 30-06. Using 160 grain bullets does not seem to damage too much meat.
If 7 RM is category 2, then 300 WSM is catagory 3 and 300 win mag is category 4 and it will beat you up from the bench, they are not fun, I would suggest to family and friends to forget about them.
Happy Hunting
