The Remington M600 and M660 were little jumpers, and attained the recoil reputation. The first mag writers complained, so there it was - "THESE RIFLES KICK" - engraved in stone for the rest of posterity. I think perhaps the .358 Winchester was labled due to people changing form a .30/30 or something even lighter to one and noticed a rise in recoil. In a properly shaped stock of sufficient weight, neither of these calibres hit as hard as a 7mm Rem. mag. - which usually kicks about the same as an '06 of equal weight. The power is about identical.(except the '06 well shoot 200, 220 and 250 gr. bullets - hehehe)

The Ruger .350 Mag. that I shot didn't kick any more than my 9.3x62 with light loads.