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Isn't shopping fun?
Let's go through the issues.
Cartridge selection: there's plenty of bullet choices for what you want. Let's revisit bullet selection a little later, but the 7/08 has plenty of options for what you want to do, in power. My wife shoots just about all here antelope and elk with her 280 -- which is the ballistic twin of the 7/08-- and 140 gr bullets.
All the cartridges mentioned are essentially peas in a pod as far as applications and recoil. If they weren't, we would have these Ford-Chevy debates! In the words of Jeff Foxworthy, it's not the size of the boat, it's the motion of the ocean.... Recoil is primarily a function of rifle weight (heavier is better), bullet weight (lighter is better), and bullet velocity (slower is better).
G2: all Contender barrels fit the G2, so you will have far more selection with the G2 than any other rifle. Period. End of that debate! Anything from 22 Hornet to as big as you dare...... Single shots are sexy, and the G2 is very versatile. Still, I think you should at least hold the BLR. You might be surprised....
But, let's not put the cart before the horse. First, find the rifle you WANT. Then, pick a cartridge. Any of the currently chambered cartridges will have plenty of choices for what you want to do.
Heck, if you can't find the right bullets, we get to just talk to you again on the reloading forum! JMO, Dutch.
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