Another vote for the .25/06. The only .308 that hasn't bothered me is my Savage 10FCP-K. Heavy, muzzle braked, and padded. To my shoulder, the .30/06 recoils with much less snap. And you can shoot the .25 year 'round without the recoil bothering anything.


"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing."
Robert E. Howard