RE: Rifle recoil question
All of them are good calibers, but if I was only going to have one rifle it would be a 30-06. It has the largest bulletweight range on the market (55gr to 220gr)and can be found all over. It will kill anything in north america out to 300 yards, which is further than what most people can shoot anyways. If you are going to hand load for it you can load 165gr bullets up to 3000 fps and 180 to about 2900 fps.