Thread: 284 on Husky action

two things to TRY ....down load the 7mm mag either go slower or lighter both will reduce felt recoil no end.
weight the stock........piece of piss to chuck some lead up her bum and fix it firmly in place....take off recoil pad and poke say half a pound of lead up there then fill with expandite foam,put but plate back on and go to range....
if you go to 7x anything or .280 or .284 somethingorother you are still using same barrel size just different amount of powder/velocity...you can do it with the 7mm mag
and for what its worth your 6.5x55 will kill stuff and do so well,feed it good loads and know where its going and it will do the job just fine........the creedmore crowd keep spoofing on about how good it is and your old girl was doing it before the designers of the newby even got out of daddies ballsack.
if your 7mm mag hasnt got a top notch recoil pad GET ONE NOW.
do all of the above and your rifle will be a pussy to shoot,no reason you cant down load it to just above 7mm/08 speed and dual load it so youve got gentle/mild loads for sub 200 stuff and more potent load for the occasional long shot.