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Lightweight rifles are great for toting around, but lousy for "felt recoil"...and can be downright punishing in magnum calibers.
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Lightweight rifles with well designed stocks and modern hi-tech recoil pads are amazingly good at soaking up recoil. Shooting form is also a huge factor. Many small guys are much less affected by heavy kicking guns than big guys. The secret is to relax and let your upper body give as the gun recoils. Small guys do this instinctively. Big guys who lock down and try to fight the gun receive the full force of the recoil.