I picked up one in 300 Savage a year ago since I also have a 99EG and 1920/26 in that caliber. Honestly I don't find the M81 recoil to be any worse than the other two and probably if I HAD to say, would say the 1920 kicks more. Now, there's a big difference in recoil in all models when using 180 rather than 150 grain 300Sav. I would call 200gr/35 Rem about the same as 150gr/300Sav which I think are comfortable. Love 300 Savage because its got enough power/velocity/performance for whitetails and gives very good terminal performance without heavy recoil. It's in the same class as 7x57, 30-40 Krag, 303 British... just about perfect.
