I couldn't say what features of a stock diminish or augment felt recoil, but I once had a 700 Mountain Rifle in .280 Remington. The very first shot hurt me and every subsequent shot taken hurt me. I don't think the weight of the rifle was the reason because my next .280 was a 77 Mark II that weighed four of five ounces more but was a pussycat, like every other .280 I've owned and fired. There was just something about the stock on that rifle and the way it didn't fit me, I suppose. I am not sorry it's gone.
