[fisherman66]

Mine recoils on par with a 30/30 with 173 grain pills and even softer with lighter bullets. She weights about 7 3/4-8lbs. I'd suggest getting a new stock or repairing the current stock and adding a good recoil pad. If that's uncomfortable the Past Recoil Shield should cut the recoil down to tolerable levels. If it's still uncomfortable you can always look at adding a few ounces of lead shot to the forearm under the barrel.

Of course you could always sell the barreled action and replace that rifle with a 250 Savage, 257 Roberts, 6.5x55 or other mild shooter.