The kick will , as I'm sure you know, depend alot on your rifle. I don't have one personally but a friend does and he sayes it's about like a 7mag wich is only a tad more than the 30-06. I don't think you should have a problem with it with the Pachmayr pad and a well designed stock. Ofcourse that depends on how bad your shoulder is. Look into a laminated stock it will give you a bit more weight to soften the recoil.