[jonascord]

Fiddle Dee Dee! That .30-'06 has a bit more recoil than the .303 or .308 With all the machinery going back and forth, an M-1 actually has less felt recoil. On top of which, even the military is taking a second look at the 5.56mm. Not enough legs.

[AnAmericanMother]

Sorry -- I was talking about actual ME/potential recoil, not the perceived recoil in a particular rifle. And I don't fire max military loads in my .303 either - I have tuned for greatest accuracy in the Long Branch, and the velocity is down from the full house military loads.

. . . and let me tell you about the "recoil concentrator" on the butt of my No. 5 Jungle Carbine . . . ugh. No wonder that rifle had the shortest in service time of ANY British weapon ever.