While I realize there is no one-size-fits-all in rifle stocks, the Weatherby style stocks with the cast off seem to work for me mitigating felt recoil. Even so, the 6.5-300, 7mm, and .300 Weatherby’s are the upper end of recoil for me. My 35 Whelen with BDL stock is not too bad unless I over do it at the range. When those become an issue for me, I’ll just keep on with one of my 7x57s and .257 Roberts and maybe some lighter .30-06 loads.
A long time ago I had the opportunity to shoot a late 70's M70 in 458 and a Mark V in 460, several shots from each rifle offhand and from the bench--in my T-shirt no less.. If anything the M70 had more felt recoil. The owner of the two rifles explained to me about the cast off stock on the Mark V. In my case I'm a believer in that Weatherby stock design........
