At almost 50 years old,Ive come to the conclusion that hurting myself isnt nearly so important as I once thought it was,I like to shoot rifles that I can enjoy shooting and like to shoot all day if I choose,I bought my first 243 winchester about 5 years back,and lookin back at it today this has probably been the most lethal damn rifle Ive ever owned,its killed everything I have ever pulled down on with it in 5 years,like flippin a light switch,7x57,6.5x55,257 Roberts and the ol faithful 243 winchester,when it comes to these four,shootability,reasonable recoil,good accuracy,ability to cleanly kill game,its all Good........