Of the firearms that I own or have owned, the hardest to least recoil, for me, as follows:
.416 Wby., Mk.V- Factory loads will rattle your teeth! It went down the road.
Mossberg 935, 3.5" with turkey loads- checking zero is no fun at all.
Ruger Hawkeye African, .375 Ruger- kind of the upper limit of tolerable for me.
Freedom Arms M83, .454 Casull, full-power loads are really hard on the wrists.
Ruger SBH and SRH, .480 Ruger- recoil is stout, but tolerable, noticeably easier on the wrists than the .454.
Browning X-Bolt, .30-06- very tolerable, with 165 gr. loads.
My .280's and .270 WSM I find easy to shoot, very manageable recoil.
.257 Wby, Mk.V- this rifle is a pussycat to shoot. Guess which of these gets used the most for deer, antelope, etc.?
