I bought a 7mm RUM a few years ago. It hurt, so I had a brake put on it. Hands down, this is my favorite rifle. The recoil was tamed to around a 270 or 25-06 level and it is accurate as hell. Yes, the .308 is accurate too I know but this gun has a sporter barrel and will shoot a .6" 3-shot group with any bullet you have laying around and do it with a Simmons Whitetail Expedition 4-12x scope. The swift scirroco's are more accurate still. I'll be keeping it and probably getting a 300 RUM barrel for my Savage rifle...