I, too,find the Ruger's to have a bunch more recoil than Remington's or Weatherby's. Got to be the stock design. The new Remington SPS's are particularly soft recoiling with the sythetic stock and the R3 recoil pad. Weatherby Fibermark's have always been pretty soft kicking as well. Worst kicking gun on the planet? The Ruger 77 Stainless all weather with that old black plastic stock that has the cut-outs in the buttstock. A .270 will give you a bruise. A .338 will give you flinch that will last a year or more.