I didn't say that my 300 RUM did not kick I said that the recoil wasn't that bad. When I first bought this rifle I really expected to have my shoulder pounded but that didn't happen. I also have had my right wrist fused so when I hold a rifle on the bench the butstock is out at the edge of my shoulder instead of in the pocket. The most I have put through it at one sitting has been 30 rounds but also shoot my 300 Win Mag ,270, 220 Swift, 454 Casull.