Alright alright, I havent really posted in a while and i figured this is a worthy cause. To start off, my go-to rifle is a rem 700 ADL in 30-06. It gets taken out if the wyoming wind is too strong or I just dont have a good feeling with my other rifles. It is the holy grail of hunting rifles. I got it during the first year of marrige when a semi auto 270 was failing me miserably. BUT, I must give a small (very small) bit of credence to this writer for G&A. Yes, in the form it came in back then, there were NO recoil pads, only steel butt plates. So, I do agree that the recoil could have been a bit severe. In the form we see it now? The 30-06 is a supreme rifle for the big game hunter. They gotta write articles about something you know. But if you look at the development of rounds in the last 15 years, most of them are based off cartridge designs that give less recoil per performance. Just a though. EJ