Don' t mean to really start something, just giving you a ribbing I guess....Complaining about the 7mm mag' s recoil is just complaining!!! Especially relating it to size!!

I' m only 165# at the present (" dressed" weight), and only bulk up to 175-180# during the summers (I wrestle, so " sucking weight" in the winter is a must), I guess I' m inured to high recoil rounds, as I' ve been shooting them since God knows when, my second deer rifle, and the second gun rifle I was allowed to handle (.22lr' s not included) was a .375H&H, my current battery displays a couple .416' s and several .45-70' s capable of handling loads pushing beyond the recoil of average 7mms. It' s all in your head!!!! Go hunt ducks with a 12ga and 3" mags for a while, I bet you don' t think your shoulder hurts that bad, but I guarantee your 7mm doesn' t generate as much recoil as your 12ga. You just need to learn to handle recoil, and probably shoot more often. And wear ear plugs and muffs, try that for a bench day and see how bad your shoulder hurts at the end, bet it' s not half as bad as if you don' t wear both, or any at all for that matter, as many folks don' t!!!