I'm around 5' 10" 200lbs give or take a few off if I eat desert and I went with a .243 Browning A-bolt Hunter Rifle and simply love it since it has light recoil and I have taken several nice Bucks and several Doe's with it the past 4 years.I use a Caldwell Leadsled for initialy sighting it in and my Rilfe is dead-on and very accurate,then I check it every year before Deer Season.I have used a Remington 30-06 for many years and it got to where I was flinching when I shot it even when anticipating the shot so I went with a Rifle that has the lesser recoil and it has worked for me...like someone else mentioned You may want to check into the Remington's "Managed Recoil" Shells if Your going to keep shooting the 7mm Magnum?