My 12-year old is shooting my 30-06 this year using the reduced recoil ammo from Remington. We went out to the range and he shot a whole box of it without any problems, and he is only 85-90 pounds. I shot a couple, and there is a big difference in recoil.

For my rifle, the rounds were hitting about 2.5 inches lower than my standard roundsat 100 yards, which puts him dead-on the bullseye at 100 yards.

According to Remington's ballistics, the reduced recoil rounds will hit about 5 inches low at 200 yards when zeroed at 100. They still carry over 1100 ft/lbs of enery at 200 yards.

For where we will be hunting, 100 yards will be the absolute farthest he will be able to shoot, so we're good to go.