The fact that you reload makes the 7mm-08 even a BETTER choice as a light recoiling , accurate, hard hitting deer caliber..

120 grain bullets are excellent performers in this chambering, and they kick even less than the 140 grainers...Two bullets that give good performance for deer sized game are the 120 Nosler Ballistic Tip and the 120 Barnes TSX...With one of these bullets you can nearly match .270 /130 grain performance with considerably less recoil... Or you can back off a few grains and get even lighter recoil while still maintaining performance to make 200 yard shots...