Felt recoil question

[AWS]

When I had my gun shop I used to install scopes and actually shoot the rifles to check zero (had 200yrd range behind the shop).  The one rifle that I dreaded sighting in was my wife's 270 Rem 700 ADL with Aluminum Buttplate that her dad had given her, she wouldn't let me change a thing on it, that one really hurt and I was shooting 300WM and 358 Norma Mags at the time and they were just fine.  I ended up buying her a Rem 760 in 270 to match her beloved 870 (she shot trap doubles and skeet with a pump you couldn't even see the pump move between shots)

AWS

[mebco09]

I have been shooting that M77 MK II .30-06 for 15 years.  It never occurred to me that it was a heavy kicking gun, until I shot them both side-by-side.  I may go to a better recoil pad.  Maybe a Hogue stock for that one too.  I also have the factory stock for the .338.  I may put that one on it and see how much the stock matters.