When I first came here, I quickly noticed the correlation between getting older, and losing one's affinity for (or at least tolerance of) recoil. I probably adopted that earlier than I needed to. Personally, I find muzzle blast even more objectionable than recoil.
While I always had a weakness for the 7x57 for being short on kick but long on killing power, I've also come to embrace the .300 Savage for similar reasons. That older, and interesting guns frequently were so chambered, is another bonus.
I know the earlier poster mentioned a 55 grain powder limit, and I might even go with 45-ish grains as my daily-shooting, "happy limit." Hypocrite that I am, I used 74.5 grains of R22 in a .300 WM to kill my mountain goat. Ah, but that was once-in-a lifetime, not "daily".
Hey, whatever keeps it FUN for YOU, do it.
FC