25/06 with a 100g Partition will kill any deer walking....real dead! The 25/06 has a very moderate recoil.

I have also had very good luck with the 243 with the 95g Partition and the 100g Hornady BTSP with close to max loads of IMR 4350 and Win primers.

I do not feel a noticable amount of recoil between the 7/08 and the 30/06.

To me, the 243 has a significant amount of recoil LESS than the 25/06. I have taken some big deer at 300-350 yards with the 243 with both the 95g Partition and the 100g Hornady BTSP.

A friend moved to New Zeland. He is a hunter and rifleman. He swears that the 95g Hornady SST in a 243 is one of the best cartridges on the planet. He hunts a lot of deer that are very large.

Last edited by keith; 05/22/10.