Back before I could afford my own rifle, I borrowed dad’s gun guy friend’s .300WM m70 and shot some deer with it. Then when I wanted a one size fits all chambering, I knew that it was going to be a work in progress to make it as light weight as possible. A ‘63 vintage 700 BDL was eventually made into a 6# mountain rifle and 7# with a scope. Mostly hunting deer in WI. I knew that it wasn’t going to be a bigger .300WM. Out west my 7mm RM elk were right there on the same meat pole with my buddy’s .338WM and .300WM elk. Rock Chuck’s recoil sensitive buddy mirrors what I’ve seen on the range during sight in days. A larger cartridge is worse than a smaller one when a guy flinches from the recoil. The 7mm RM/.30-06 size cartridges are about the limit to what the average guy can shoot well.
My other auto is a .45
The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory
