I've got a Savage 7mm-08 Hunter in the wood stock and blued barrel,bolt-action with the Leupold 3X9X40mm scope...it does a great job of taking down Whitetail Deer and doesn't have as bad a recoil as a 30-06 or .308 Rifle.This year I put down a nice big 175 lb 11-Point Buck with it,last year I dropped a 9-Point Buck in is tracks so I can't complain...and its a good accurate Rifle.I sighted mine out at 100 yards with 140 grain winchester bullets...got me a box of the Remington Managed recoil shells in 140 grains to lessen the recoil even more and was considering letting my Daughters shot it during the Youth Deason!