RE: Really need help!..300wby, win mag, or 7mm rem mag?
I thought the same thing about recoil with the .300mags myself. I went on a black bear hunt to Alaska and didn’t have a gun to shoot one with my by father had a .300 weatherby mag and the first time at the range it took me about 5 mins before I could pull the trigger. The biggest thing I ever shot before that was my 12 gauge with slugs. There is recoil but it isn’t that bad. I shot 30 rounds that day and I shoulder was sore and slightly bruised but it wasn’t that bad. I just got back from my black bear hunt yesterday and I shot my bear at 100 yards using 180 grain partitions and it knocked him right off his feet and I never even noticed when I shot him. He squared out at 7'-4" and and had a skull a little under 20 and 1/2 inches.