RE: 243 vs 30-30
Wear earmuffs while target shooting and have someone else load the gun.This way you will soon see if you have a flinch ie: anticipating recoil.Dry firing will cure this. My 12 year old who weighed 75 lbs at the time had no problem with a H+R 158 30-30 with stiff 170 gr loads.Several deer later and one cow moose.One shot one kill.....................Confidence in a gun can only be obtained through practice and you will find when shooting game you don't even hear the gun go off cause your more interested in seeing the animal's reaction to bullet strike. Everything goes into slo-mo when I'm shooting.Disconect yourself from recoil,buck fever and the gun becomes an extention of your body...............Harold