I bought my son a Kimber Montanna in .308 the day after he was born,figuring he's be able to use it by the time he was 12 which used to be the min age to hunt in Pa.Several years ago,they approved a mentored hunt program so I bought him a .243 when he was 7.He's had good success with that rifle for the past two years but this past spring he kept pestering me to let him shoot the .308.I figured is would knock him on his rear as it weighs about 5.5lbs naked.I worked up a load with 125gr ballistic tips and 41gr of IMR3031 just to see how he's handle it.Accuracy was very good and he's shot 100 rds this summer so far with no issues.I just got done loading 125 accubonds with the same powder charge and that's what he'll be hunting with.I have little doubt it will perform well.