I have a Ruger MKII in a 350 mag, my brother also has one same gun, but synthetic stainless. Decent shooting guns, we get around an 1" group accuracy. We have yet to kill anything with ours. We use them primarily for bear guns, but enjoy the cartridge. I wouldn't hesitate to get another, nice having good power in a short action. The only down fall is the lack of factory ammo, the 358 win has the edge there. I'd love to get another one in either a remington classic, or 600/660. I'd rather have one of those two, but settled on the Ruger. As far as the recoil, I'm not recoil sensative, but alot of guys do comment that it's fairly stout.