My son's 300wsm Winchester M70 has a Pacmayer Decc. recoil pad and has a four port Mag-N-Porting. It is loud and recoil is worse then 270wsm in the Remington model 700xcr. I know the 700xcr has the Remington R3 pad by Limbsaver. Also gun fit and weight has to do alot with recoil too.