I bought some .30-06 Managed Recoil ammo last year so that my daughter (12 yrs) could use my deer rifle when we hunted. She was able to shoot my .30-06 without any problems. While I haven't taken any deer with it yet (I've been using "regular" ammo), I may switch to using the stuff just because all my deer I've killed over the last 3 years have been in woods with shots less than 50 or 60 yards. Managed recoil is designed for deer out to 200 yards, so why beat myself up?

And FYI, Federal makes some reduced-recoil loads also. Remington and Federal both have the reduced loadings in .308.