ORIGINAL: driftrider
My wife is pretty recoil sensitive, so I won't be getting her anything too large. I'm debating between a .243 Win, .25-06, .260 Rem or 7mm-08 Rem. I think maybe the 7mm-08 may be above her comfort zone, and .260 Rem is semi-rare and ammo is more expensive.
my dad (he's 66yrs) recently bought a .260, not long afterwards his kid brother (52yrs) bought one... got a chance to fire it last week and I gotta tell ya, its one SWEET shootin gun... its quick, light recoil, flat shootin, and is generally as much as anyone needs for a whitetail deer... i'm actually considering getting one in Rem Mdl 7 to use as a stalking gun that i can let my oldest boy grow into as he gets a bit bigger...