I'll say this for it, after a lot of time lately with 7mm-08s, 6.5x55 and 6.5 Creedmoor (typically in light rifles) I really forgot how smoothly a 30-06 can shoot from a heavier gun. Talking Winchester 70 Sporter, not a monster but near 8 lbs before scoping. Same with a Husqvarna Mauser in a Boyd's Laminate stock.
Subjective for sure...but it was no killer to shoot. Mind you I am not chasing hot rod loads.
Plasticky lil rifles in the 7 lb range, YMMV.
But I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier, The last of Barrett's Privateers
