I have a .270 ultra comp, the recoil in mild and the noise level is not that bad un less you are the person standing a few yards away from the shooter, I did some research on the web and it recoils like a 22-250, the 30-06 ultra comp is like a .243, have not had a chance to shoot it fo accracy yet but I know it will be a tack driver after reading all the posts about it, I had a Rossi that was woud not shoot a 5" group at 100 yds, I had a Mossberg ATR in .270 that was a tack driver at 300yds, I reload for all my rifles and handguns but as soon as the hot weather lets up I am going to see what my ultra comp will do, DON A. Okla.