Use the limbsaver pad,best of the bunch by far. If you have no recoil pad now you may need to shorten your stock the thickness of the pad or more. If lenght is good screw the pad on . If it over hangs go to any shoe repair shop, they can grind and polish the edges of the replacement pad. When bench rest shooting your rifle you could also fold up a hand towel and place between your stock and shoulder. It would seem for me i always end up cutting my stocks about an 1' just because of all the winter cloths i wear so the rifle comes to my shoulder with out hanging up on clothing. The difference between light wieght bullets and heavy will make a small difference in felt recoil and the wieght of your rifle can make that number go up. Just something you need to work through . Don't shot laying down ,they all kick harder in that position. When hunting you will never feel the recoil. And if you have to shoot light loads to enjoy the rifle trade it for a 7-08 or some like that. It will still do the same job out to 350 yards or so.I have never shot more than 20 rounds at a time in my 7mm and that took most of the day. It does take a while to get use to recoil. Hang in there.