300RUMs are equivalent to 30-378 Weatherby's, another level of play....

Foolish for y'all perhaps, but just fine for me. I've got a fly weight 338WinMag (a waspy little thing) and it is definitely not one of my favorites; maybe when I get older and weaker. Recoil management is one reason why folks that have been around the block with the bigger stuff don't want light rifles and strong magnum cartridges in the same package (unless you like muzzlebrakes),especially if they ever plan on practicing with it at all.

I'm figuring afterwarm 458 Lott or 416 Rigby rounds, the 300 RUM recoil will be completely doable anddocile by comparison; however, I respect it and don't want to go light with it. My M-70 375H&H weighs 11.5 pounds loaded, scoped, and slung and is my favorite elk rifle,so I figure I have a little room on the weight end of things. Weight is one of my friends in a magnum rifle and IMHOheavier rifles"hold on target better" at the moment of truth than a flyweight wand especially shooting offhand (and even off of a rest). They may not be as sexy or as "in vogue" as titanium and plastic; however,IMHO "light weight and strong magnums" are a combination that helps to fuel the "recoil sensitivity" [:'(][:'(][:'(]so common among Americans -- not the whole story by any means, but it is a piece of it. Again, leave the weight in my rifle (I didn't say add weight)and in my camel back (water)but noton my gutnor in my bootsnor in my backpack. BTW, treadmills are useful.