.308 or 30-06?

its what your preference is...recoil is actually a non-issue since you would probably be reloading...the two rounds actually have very similar velocities up to about 168-170 gr. bullets...its when you get past this is where the 06 starts showing its abilities...of course, you can always get a long action mauser with a long throat 308 Winchester chamber and load up the long bullets with a 1-10 twist hart barrel...it actually works kinda nice. I have mediocre accuracy with any bullet below 125 grains...so there are some trade-offs...