It appears that some of us are much more recoil sensitive than others.I find that the 7mmremmag is actually quite mild as far as recoil is concerned.I actually have no problems shooting a few dozen rounds of 300ultramag off the bench during load development and chronographing.I do however believe that the stock and recoil pad are a big factor as far as felt recoil is concerned.I have mcmillan stocks with decellerators on all of my rifles and it does really seem to reduce felt recoil.