It's physics. The WinMag with a 500 gr will go about 2050 +/-. That same bullet is going out at 2300 +/- in the Lott. Often the Lott's have been lighter than they needed to be therefore increasing the felt recoil by a very subjective amount. I was a bit tongue-in-cheek in the above post. But the fact remains, the Lott will definitely recoil much more and comes back at you a bit faster than the WinMag. Just go to the simple 38 Spec. and 357 Mag. Let's say we shoot both cartridges in a 2" barrel. The 38 with a 125 gr will maybe go 900 +/-. That same bullet in a 357 will go 1200+/-. The difference in recoil in the two rounds is the difference between fun and pain.