I bought my 8yo a bergara b-14 stoke in it last year shooting the 120gr Barnes. I started him out with a 350L in an AR due to the adjustable stock, but I would have gone straight to the 7-08 if it wasn’t for that, less recoil and longer range. Fairly little recoil shooting it with a silencer. He killed one deer with it and dropped it in its tracks. I’d never shot one before, but all the research I did on here and going through ballistics it would be hard to beat for youth or adult shooters. I’ve been shooting a 270 for the last 24 years but would hesitate to carry the 7-08.