RE: elk rifle
Great advice. I would much rather see a recoil sensitive shooter get one of these than a muzzle brake. You will never feel the recoil when hunting. Many shooters, especially women, flinch worse from the noise than the kick.
As stated,.260 or 7MM-08 is going to be a mild kicker -but is also going to limit you somewhat in terms of maximum effective range and less than ideal angles. Not generally a big issue for filling a cow tag, but could be heart breaker when hunting big bulls.
Although I primarily hunt elk with a .270 wildcat that is at about the same performance level as a .270 WSM; if I were to own a hunting lodge in elk country, I would probably have a row of stainless synthetic bolt action rifles with Leupold scopes - all sighted in - an all in the .300 Winchester caliber.