Simple physics tells us that when handloaded to full power it will recoil more than a 270 and less than a 30-06.
Given that it sits between those two easily loaded rounds it shouldn't be cantankerous to handload.
I'm old school, so I'd probably top it off with 160 grain Partitions for elk if I were ever to go after them. For the deer and pigs I do hunt I'd dig out one of my old boxes of 154 grain Interlocks from my 7mm Wby. days.
