If the one you can get is a newer one with the stock spacer I have no experience with those. If it is the older one with two stocks then I can help some. My kids beginner rifle is the youth compact in 7-08. With the youth wood stock on and full house loads it is almost as much as my ruger 270 in recoil. With the larger synthetic stock it is milder. Probably just barely more than a standard weight 257 Roberts. The newer ones are synthetic stocked where as the older ones had a painted hardwood youth stock so they might not be as bad as the lighter wood stock, but like I said I have no experience with them.
