I'll appreciate the caliber I have by taking advantage of what it is capable off. I never said my main purpose was to falsely impress friends and recoil, main purpose is to target shoot, and maybe shooting phonebooks, milk jugs etc. Also the rifle will be a decorative piece in the house as well. I have been shooting targets since middle school (although never with a centerfire rifle), and I think it won't get old anytime soon. Asides from that, nothing wrong with letting your friend try a .308/.30-06 and videotaping it and then laughing about it. I know how to responsibly handle firearms but hey I'm 21, let me have my fun now. I'm sure a lot of you have seen the video of people trying to shoot the .577 t-rex on youtube, this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD-KaUl_olo&fmt=18

Now don't tell me if you had a video of that happening to your unsuspecting buddy, you wouldn't get a good laugh out of it .

althought i doubt the .308 would have that much, but still.