I once had a 700 Rem. "test" gun that i could switch bbls on at the range... I was testing 175 grain bullets with it loaded in the Rem. 7mm Mag. bbl... When i was done, i switched to the 300 Win. Mag. bbl., and loaded insome 200 grain loads to test.

Anyway, when i touched it off, i couldn't believe how much more recoil the 300 had... The Weaver T-10 i was using, was now bumping my eyebrow, where with the 7mm bbl installed, it didn't even get close.

For me, it's "cased closed"...

DM