Comparisons of recoil from males will result in poor and/or misguided information. I have taught dozens of women from children to grandmothers and rest assurd in identical setups of guns/scopes, none favored a 7-08 above a 243. Nor for that matter a 260, 308, 270 or any other "low recoiling" cartridge. The only chambering that they picked more is the 223.
While for most adult males the difference in recoil between a 95gr bullet from a 243 and a 120/130/140gr from a 7-08 may go unnoticed, to children and women it does not. And in truth everyone will notice the difference after a full day of of practice with 100-200 rounds.
Killing is easy yet so many seek to make it difficult. A 243 with 95gr Nosler BallisticTips put into the chest will turf every deer that walks and in spectacular fashion. Killing "power" is about hitting and hitting with a rifle is all about proper practice which is directly correlated to round count. More primers will be popped with a 243 than with a 7-08 and the body count follows the same.
