My 56lb seven year old nephew shoots the 7mm/08 about 10 times at a time. He feels no difference between it and 10 rounds of 243 out of a winchester 70 ranger youth that i shot my first deer with. Also the 100 partitions seem to zip throw the small west Virginia deer like full metal jackets. Shot them behind shoulders and they ran 100 -200 yards. They ran less then 50 if shot in shoulder. 95 grain ballistic tips worked much better.