The .308 is a what I consider a 300 yd elk rifle.It works well and better than some.It's not my choice but it's his choice.I do know 165 BT nock the crap outta jackrabbits.

Now to the recoil,if eveyone would go out and buy some panties,and a 5lb bag of sugar,put the panties on and stuff the sugar in their back pocket I would call you pantywaists and Candya$$es.The recoil is what you make it,in 20 years of hunting I have never heard the shot or felt the recoil of any gun when hunting.You put your crosshairs on the vitals and pull the trigger.Have you ever tried,have you sat down with a instrutor and had them show you how to shoot heavy magnums?

EKM is right sheltered lives.
BBJ