The worst kicking gun I have ever shot was a late 70s 700 ADL in 30-06 that damn thing was brutal. Straight stock and plastic butt plate I ended up getting rid of it and kicked myself for it. A couple of years ago I found another one identical to it hardly shot and at $350 it went home for the action alone. I decided to shoot a generic load through it and it kicked just as hard as the other one did.