I own that rifle myself stainless /synthetic in 7 mag....had the trigger brought down to 3lbs and its a real shooter. Recoil is not even a factor with this rifle...the last synthetic/stainless I owned was a 300 win mag with the paddle stock and felt recoil was definitely much higher. I installed a Pachmayr prefit pad on it last nite and will take it to the range this weekend.