RE: Recoil on a 30-06
Shooting the 150's and 165's are not bad at all. When you get to the 180s or 220s that's where you might feel it. Still it is not that bad unless you are talking about a feather weight rifle then all bets are off. My friends 30-06 feather weight kicks worse than my 300 win mag. Now I was shooting 3" berneke slugs the other day and I forgot how much I hated shooting slugs. lol. Those things do recoil. But like the others have said it's more of a push than the sharp recoil of a rifle.