Originally Posted by
homers brother
I have an 8 lb .300 Weatherby. I'd be lying if I said it's a dream to shoot. On the other hand, I put 80 rounds down the tube of a 1903A3 Springfield a couple of weeks ago (steel buttplate, not the most "ergonomic" GI stock) without a hitch.
If you don't feel your .300 WM is intimidating, I see no reason why you should be concerned about the .30-06 (or the .280, or the .270). No reason except -- you keep looking at those INFERNAL recoil calculators and you're letting them sow the seeds of indecision into the problem at hand.
HB,
You're VERY right.....Recoil calculators are the Devil. The more I actually SHOOT different rifles and calibers, the more I'm learning that you can figure and calculate and guess about all kinds of things but you don't REALLY know jack until you shoot them.
Good wisdom....much appreciated.