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re: Deer Rifle for 14 yo girl
Posted on 2/3/19 at 12:07 am to Got Blaze
Posted on 2/3/19 at 12:07 am to Got Blaze
It seems like everyone is mentioning rifles based on the 308 parent case:
358 Winchester = 9.1mm bullet
338 federal = 8.6mm bullet
308 Winchester = 7.62mm bullet
7mm-08 = 7mm bullet
260 Remington = 6.5mm bullet
243 Winchester = 6mm bullet
22-250 = 5.56mm bullet
In general, the smaller/lighter the bullet, the less felt recoil. So if you go softer, expect less felt recoil most of the time.
Another suggestion would be to get a 308 and just shoot light bullets in it. You can find some 110gr and 130gr 308 loads I’m sure.
358 Winchester = 9.1mm bullet
338 federal = 8.6mm bullet
308 Winchester = 7.62mm bullet
7mm-08 = 7mm bullet
260 Remington = 6.5mm bullet
243 Winchester = 6mm bullet
22-250 = 5.56mm bullet
In general, the smaller/lighter the bullet, the less felt recoil. So if you go softer, expect less felt recoil most of the time.
Another suggestion would be to get a 308 and just shoot light bullets in it. You can find some 110gr and 130gr 308 loads I’m sure.
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Posted on 2/3/19 at 1:12 am to greenbean
A coworker wants to "move on" from a .243, one of the finest calibers for killing whitetail ever devised, and has ubiquitous ammo, for a 14 year old girl who hates recoil?
Is your coworker fricking stupid?
Is your coworker fricking stupid?
Posted on 2/3/19 at 5:56 am to DocHolliday1964
quote:was thinking this as well
7-08Rem
or a Browning 7 mag with a BOSS system installed.
Posted on 2/3/19 at 5:58 am to Tiguar
Sounds like a smart fella. Tired of his daughter making good shots and not getting a deer out of it.
Posted on 2/3/19 at 6:01 am to greenbean
These guys posting before me have all given you accurate info. 6.5 in either creedmoor, Grendel good whitetail round. 6.8 while a little slow good round. 260 rem, 7-08, 308 all great. I always went with the thought of- Don’t make the child and or new shooter uncomfortable with the recoil. And get them behind the gun as much as you can prior to the hunt. Good luck
Posted on 2/3/19 at 8:16 am to mfiredog
Suppressor on anything you do.
I can almost bet the concussion is more frightening than the recoil
I can almost bet the concussion is more frightening than the recoil
Posted on 2/3/19 at 8:39 am to mfiredog
I grew up on a 6.5x55 and still love that caliber. Very mild recoil and very good terminal performance. Never recovered a bullet from a pile of dead deer. Shame it doesnt fit in a .308 action or all these other 6.5's would have been obsolete in 1896. IMO the perfect 6.5 is the original.
This post was edited on 2/3/19 at 8:40 am
Posted on 2/3/19 at 4:22 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
6.5 Grendel suppressed
Posted on 2/3/19 at 5:14 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:. Those 2 things don’t fit in the same sentence. Sorry
making good shots and not getting a deer out of i
Posted on 2/3/19 at 5:23 pm to DTRooster
Bought my son a Savage Axis XP II in 7mm-08 for Christmas. He killed first deer the day after Christmas. My other son and I both shoot Weatherby Vanguard Select Series .270. All three guns are fun to shoot. Only issue with 7mm-08 is finding ammo at stores.
Posted on 2/3/19 at 5:32 pm to greenbean
Just got my 7yo a model 7 in 7mm-08. Loaded some reduced recoil for him. He does well with it
Posted on 2/3/19 at 6:34 pm to Old Character
What age did you teach them gun safety?
This post was edited on 2/3/19 at 6:51 pm
Posted on 2/3/19 at 6:35 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:
I grew up on a 6.5x55 and still love that caliber
quote:
Shame it doesnt fit in a .308 action
It does. Its called a .260 Rem and if Remington would've backed that caliber like they should've you'd see a shite ton of them in the woods today and the Creedmoor likely would've never been born. I own a 7mm-08, .260, and a 6.5 Creedmoor. And in that order is how I prefer to use them. They all 3 are fine hunting rounds
Posted on 2/3/19 at 7:06 pm to lv2bowhntAU
6.5x55 swedish just sounds so much cooler than .260 remington.
That's why I hate the creedmore. It doesnt do anything that hasnt been going on since the late 1800s except have a fancy name and be new.
That's why I hate the creedmore. It doesnt do anything that hasnt been going on since the late 1800s except have a fancy name and be new.
Posted on 2/3/19 at 7:10 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:
6.5x55 swedish just sounds so much cooler than .260 remington.
Thats a fact
Posted on 2/3/19 at 7:11 pm to greenbean
Savage Axis in 7mm-.08
Posted on 2/3/19 at 7:18 pm to lv2bowhntAU
Doesnt .260 rem have a well established following among the long range people?
I only know a few people who have one and never looked into how it performs. Seems like it would lag the swede a bit due to case capacity.
I only know a few people who have one and never looked into how it performs. Seems like it would lag the swede a bit due to case capacity.
Posted on 2/3/19 at 8:50 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Yes a lot of people shoot it. Its ballistics are on par with the Swede. A lot of that is due to factory ammo of the Swede being held back due to older rifles if I recall
Posted on 2/3/19 at 9:06 pm to lv2bowhntAU
I got a Remington 700 chambered in .25-06 for my son. He has been shooting it since he was 10 and he is now 14. We shoot 117 grain federal fusion and he has shot 4 deer and 3 hogs and it definitely does the trick. Very minimal recoil.
Posted on 2/4/19 at 8:52 am to greenbean
7mm-08 or 6.5 Grendel but 243 is a heck of deer rifle. Maybe just change platforms to a bolt gun in the same caliber?
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