Muley, I agree with you. I have a brother in law who last year purchased a Savage 110 bolt in 30-06, wood stalk. We went to our range to sight in his rifle, he was shooting 150 grain bullets, factory ammo, I was shooting my 7mm Rem Mag in 150 grain Scirocco's, Rem BDL left hand rifle.
After about 6 shots, my brother in law was complaining about recoil and how hard his 06 was kicking, and told me to shoot it some. I can tell you that his 30-06 kicked alot harder than my 7 mag, and I believe for the following reasons: 1)he had no recoil pad on his rifle, and I had a decellerator, 2) His rifle was fairly light, and mine was slightly heavier. Between the two, his "felt" recoil was much greater than mine, even though on paper with math, a 7 mag kicks alittle harder than an 06. 3) I am a bigger man than him, he feels more recoil than me.
