Nontypical,
I appreciate your calculations, and it illustrates my point, but the recoil is even closer than that as you can typically use a bit more powder safely with lighter bullets.
Savage, THAT I can agree with! I owned a 300 wby for quite a few years that I HATED to shoot, despite it being very heavy! In fact, after I sold it I bought my 338 ultramag (slow learner <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />) and would MUCH rather shoot the ultra than the Wby.
Stock fit? Who knows for sure, maybe I just learned to shoot the Wby well enough that the ultra wasn't that much worse? I have put a TON of copper down range with that ultra and while I can't pretend that I enjoy shooting it, I shoot it pretty well. Better than I ever shot the 300 wby. Gotta think the 7mm RM a piece of cake in comparison though I've only shot a few rounds from a couple different rifles of that chambering. The 7mm saum is the first 7mm anything I've owned.
Faced with having to dump either my 7mm or 300 saum, there'd be no question despite the 7mm being a custom job and the 300 straight factory -- I'd keep the 300 in a heartbeat!
