I'd definately agree with this. My30-06 was too much when my 12 year old first started shooting it. We switched to managed recoil rounds from Rem, and he shoots great now. Helped a lot with his confindence too. One thing toremember is that they will place different than regular rounds, so you can't just switch back and forth without sighting it in again. But I gotta tell ya, I don'tmind shootingthem either, so it worked just fine.