7.62 nato was the issued round in the m14 when i served in the navy 1970’s. Stout recoil., never fired one at a human target. I can tell you, it drops a whitetail on the spot. I have a hard time giving up on that 30 caliber round.
I read the article. Recoil is in the 20 ft lb range. Same as 150 gr. 308.
And yeah, my go to whitetail round is .308. It did the job then and still does the job now.
Remington really screwed the pooch on 6.8. Ballistics will never match any round with damn near a third more powder. With more powder you get more recoil. I’ts just physics.
People have been trying forever, in ammo, to overcome physics. You can’t. Maybe,,,Maybe,,these new rifles will have some type of buffer that will take some of the recoil out. Just like have been done for years with...well pretty much any gun. Like gas systems in shotguns? Recoil reducers in the stock? How about they’re ported? Or add a 2 lb supressor to reduce the noise? Or Heavier weapons? Yeah. Lets make our soldiers go back to carrying 12 lb rifles. Which is why they got away from M14s.....Just damn.