I was raised on shooting a 30-06 and a .308 as I got older I wanted something with less recoil,I ended up buying a Browning A-bolt Hunter in the .243 caliber,its a beautiful gun with a wood stock,matte-blued barrel and a matte-black Leupold Rifleman scope.So far I have 2 nice 8-Point Bucks hanging on my wall from 2006 and 2007 Rifle Season and I have shot several large Doe's with it also.I also bought my 2 Daughters a Rossi Single-Shot Youth Gun in a .243 and they have gotten a Doe with it so far and I have a 22LR barrel and a 20 Gauge shotgun barrel to interchange with it.The heaviest bullet You can get is a 100 grain and it will take a Deer down,main thing is good shot placement but that goes with just about any caliber gun if you don't want to loose a Deer.Another thing to watch for is when buying a Youth Rifle if it has a shorter barrel and it lighter weight Your going to gain more recoil when shooting that Rifle/Gun.

The next Rifle I get is going to be a 7mm-08 in a Savage with the Accu-trigger,its a great looking gun and I have seen the 7mm-08 shells in most of the Hardware and Gun shops where I live.So far I have seen the shells in 140 grain...not sure if You can get them in a lower grain and I checked to see if Remington had them in a "Managed Recoil" shell and I think it was still a 140 grain shell?