Looking at getting some low recoil bullets this year

What caliber?

What gun?

.270 is already a woman's caliber. No low recoil needed

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It may only be a bit slower than your standard 270 load. It will work just fine.

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In .270 Winchester, the Fusion Lite load uses a 145 grain Fusion bonded core bullet (BC .410) at a muzzle velocity of 2200 fps. The muzzle energy is 1560 foot-pounds and the remaining energy at 200 yards is 1070 foot-pounds.

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If the child/small woman using this ammo is keeping their shots to 200 yards or less, should be ok.

If I were in your shoes, I'd probably use the remington managed recoil ammo. They use a lighter bullet and have much higher muzzle velocity compared to the federal brand.

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The Remington Managed-Recoil load uses a 115 grain Core-Lokt PSP bullet (BC .295) at a muzzle velocity of 2710 fps. The muzzle energy is 1875 foot-pounds and the remaining energy at 200 yards is 1161 foot-pounds.

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slaphoe,

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Do these bullets have less knockdown power?

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As measured by ft lbs of energy, yes they do. But, what else can one expect? Compared to the full power load, the typical reduced recoil load uses a lighter bullet at reduced velocity resulting in less energy. OTOH, having said that I'll add that for the disciplined hunter the reduced recoil load can be very deadly on deer. Reduced recoil loads were not yet available when my son first started deer hunting so I developed my own. The first deer he ever killed was w/ a 150 Hornady round nose bullet at 2400 fps w/ my 270 Win. The next year I bought him a 308 Win and developed a load using a 125 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip bullet at 2400 fps. The recoil was less than that of a full power 243 Win. He killed about 10 deer w/ that load before I moved him up to a full power load. He even killed one deer despite having suffered a fractured collar bone on his shooting side 3 weeks earlier. Buy a couple different loads and see which one shoots best in your gun. The young hunters should be fine if shots are kept w/in 200 yards as someone already pointed out. Hopefully the reduced recoil load will still have enough power to cycle the bolt of your BAR. Now get ready to take those kids hunting!

use the managed recoil on .270 an it is a huge difference on recoil and for Louisiana hunting, you shouldn't have a problem killing. He has killed plenty with it anywhere from 50 to 120 yards.