Let me start off by saying I detest the 243. For no rational reason. I love the 240 Wby, and they are two peas in a pod....
That said, I have some experience with recoil shy shooters. What I have done is concoct about 100 training loads each for the kids and wife, using Hodgdon "youth loads" (
www.hodgdon.com), and H4895. Alternatively, Speer has reduced load data in their manual. With these, they get all the practice they want (and a 12 year old with a pile of ammo, plenty of targets and a new gun is a sight to behold!).
When time comes to pull the trigger on the real thing, none of them ever noticed that the recoil was twice that of the practice round. My wife got both her elk and her antelope this year, with near perfect shots. Never said a thing about recoil......
Load the 7/08 with 140 gr. TSX's, put on a scope with lots of eye relief, and no elk is safe as far as she can hit the right spot. JMO, Dutch.
