I’ll repeat what I said earlier
For 100 yard shots on deer or pigs. Low recoil, supper cheap ammo in bulk of 500 rounds, that’s fairly accurate is the 7.62x39.
Or as I am slowly learning I can re confirm what you want to hear. The 6.5 has less recoil than the 308 and will work great for your wife

Last edited by Dre; 11/27/22.
All of them do something better than the 30-06, but none of them do everything as well.