I am a long time hunter new to Colorado. I currently work overseas but cannot wait for the day whenI return to the U.S. and can start elk hunting.I am considering buying a .300 WSM. I am an experianced shooter but being from Ohio am use to a 12 GuageSluggunbeing the benchmarkfor recoil. I'm a big fellow and do not anticiapte any problems but my hunting partner is new to Coloado also and inexperiaced with fire arms.

Could someoneplease atempt todiscribe what kind of recoilI should expect keeping my previous experiance in mind. Also does any one think that recoil will be a problem for my novice shooter buddy. I understand than rifle wight and type of round will play a roll in the recoil.

Thanks, I'm new here and am looking forward to participating in future dicussions.