.308 Norma
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As did my dad, and he was 23 by the time the 308 Winchester hit the market. As a matter of fact, Dad picked a 308 Winchester for me for my first "deer rifle" when I was about 14 because he felt a 30-06 might cause me to develop a flinch, and a 308 worked just as well for killing deer and elk anyway.I like the slightly reduced recoil impulse, combined with the less irritating retort, of the .308 Winchester over the .06.
I was probably 35 by the time I "stepped up" a 30-06, and Dad never did shoot it. He figured it kicked too hard - "just like that blankety-blank aught-six I had when I couldn't afford to buy myself a decent rifle." he used to tell me.