RE: 30.06 Recoil ????
Hi semi,
The .30-06 recoils less than a 12 gauge shooting slugs. Where you will notice the recoil most is when shooting sitting from a bench. As in sighting in the rifle. Your body is much less able to rock with the recoil.....and you absorb it instead. But if you have sighted in a 12 gauge with slugs from a bench...you will find the .30-06...not as bad!
Good luck!