Savages are a little on the light side when it comes to weight so that will increase felt recoil. Also the stocks on the package models are not at all designed to manage recoil. I had a 300 Win Mag with the plastic stock. It was very stout in the recoil department so I took lead balls from my muzzle loader and put them in the cavities of the stock. It helped a little. What really helped was when I fitted it with a laminate stock from Richard' s Microfit. Recoil is much more manageable now.