I'm buying the Tikka T3 in .243.After doing alot of research {mainly on this site} I decided on this gun & cal. It was a tuff decision between the .243 & 7mm08.I chose the .243 because I want minimium recoil. The Tikka is a fairly lite rifle,6.44 lbs. Chambered in 30 .06 I think it would have a pretty good recoil. Then buy looking @ your signature I see you already have an .06.