Just tossing around more opinions.

I put some rounds through my step dad?s 6.5 Creedmore and found it to be very soft shooting. His is a bolt action and to be fair I?m pretty sure it had some sort of muzzle break (brake?).

My 6.5 Grendel on the AR platform seems to have a pretty decent kick, more so than his Creedmore. I am just running a flash hider on mine and it?s built to be short and light so that could be part of it.

I guess my point is as far as caliber selection for youth or people who don?t enjoy lots of recoil it?s probably not as critical as the rifle platform and setup. If you don?t mind the excessive noise and a little concussion, I?ve shot magnum caliber hunting rifles that had breaks (brakes?) that had very little felt recoil and were a joy to shoot.