Thanks for the reply. I talked to the guy I bought it from. He has a Rem model 7 in .243 that I can trade almost straight across. Im going to do the swap. If you are interested if you do a search for "recoil tables" You will find some interesting numbers. A 7mm mag runs about 19lbs of recoil a 06 about 17.5lbs a .300 savage 14.8lbs and a .243 around 8lbs. They say anything over about 15 starts to make you think about it. So you are not alone. I should have done a little home work first ,but man that little rifle was pretty...... Again Thanks for responding