the 7 mag hurts on the shooting bench after about 25 rounds the 06 starts hurting after 40. Either one I can shoot all day standing up. That bench shooting is not a good test of recoil. Like someone said if I'm hunting I feel no recoil at all.

I've had 2 7 rem mags and 2 30-06's. I like em both. But then again I like all my guns.
By the way recoil is something you can used too, to a degree that is.

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.

I've shot both the 300 winmag and 7 mm, I would describe the difference like this, the 150's feel about like a factory 180 or even a stout 165 gr bullet/load out of an 06. If you have no problem with the recoil of the 06 you shouldn't have a problem with either of the magnums. The 06 will do the same thing that the magnums can but just a around 200-300 fps slower.

It kicks a ton less than a 3" 12 gauge slug! Even a lot less than a muzzle loader with 150 grains of pyrodex or 777! I also shoot a 300 WSM and the kick of it doesn't bother me either. I've also shot several hundreds rounds of 45-70 with 405 grain bullets.

The 7 mag is just a pup.

i agree, go shoot a 3" magnum slug out of a 12 gauge and then shoot the 7mm, it really seems mild.