I have a 30.06 (that I have used for 25 years for whitetail), a recently acquired .243 and just ordered a 7mm-08. Did a lot of research on 7mm-08 on this bbs, shootersforum.com and others after seeing a buddy's Rem 700 7mm-08 and his comments. Each caliber has its benefits. To me the 7mm-08 has about 50% the felt recoil of a 30.06 with great ballistics and good choice of manu ammo - http://www.chuckhawks.com/index2.guns.htm has a ton of info.

For a shooter concerned with recoil and wanting ballistic performance the 7mm-08 has a strong appeal, in my opinion. In my case, the 7mm-08 and .243 will be for youth hunters that are not capable of using the 30.06 cal rifle for these reasons; recoil, weight and shooting requirement (whitetail).

You will obtain a lot of information from the subscribers to this bbs. Good luck.