Something else to consider for you reloaders out there. You can load very light loads with some of the powders listed in the manuals "reduced" loads. I'm not at my bench but I bought a can of it (IMR something or another) and loaded a 280 remington with 140 grain bullets for a 115 pound gal. She could shoot it all day with no problems with recoil. It shot something like 1700 feet per second, but was great for practice, plinking, small game. Once deer season rolled around, I loaded up the 4831, pushing 2900 feet per second and she shot a buck with it, and never noticed the recoil. To me, this was a great trade off, no muzzle break, light recoil for practice but could still shoot a great gun. A 7mm-o8 loaded down would be even better in the recoil department.
As an outfitter watching some clients show up with small calibers, I've learned there is a downside to shooting bucks and God forbid bulls with 243 sized cartridges. I'd rather get something in a kid's hands that has some killing power. As we all know, recoil not a problem in the heat of the moment- as long as good scope set with plenty of eye-relief is used.
If you're interested, just post on here and I'll look at what the load was later, or you can just look in you manual and should see them. Mine was a Speer manual.
