RE: recoil
Its when you start to finch! Its a bad idea to shoot any gun so much at one time that it hurts you. It could cause bad thing in the future. I have a friend that had to "run with the big boys" and bought a .338 RUM. He was a ok shot before this new guy, now he can't hit a thing with any gun. He might as well just hunt with a shot gun because his pattern at a target looks the same. Its sad to see this happen to people, thats why I say shoot a gun that you can handle. If you can't handle a 338 or etc. shot a smaller gun. People have killed elk with a 243. I personlly think it a little light but if you can hit the animal in the right spot it will kill them every time. If you shoot a 338 bad it may kill the animal but you might not have any meat left! I shoot a 300 RUM and it is much better on my shoulder now because I put a custom brake on it. It doen't hurt anymore and that when I got better at shooting it.