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RE: girl needs help finding a gun

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ORIGINAL: Fuzzyballs44

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ORIGINAL: kendo

thanks yall i gess i will be sticking to the .270. i didnt even notice the recoil on it. i may try my boyfriends 7mm. and see if i like it or not.

3 things Kendo:

1. Congrats on your first deer!!!!!!
2. How much where you looking at spending?
3. Whatever you do....get something nicer and more bad ass than your b/f's hahahahahah!!!!

~Cam

thanks! yea that would be a great way of starting off our 3ed year together LOL! :D

RE: girl needs help finding a gun

Congratulations! It's a pretty exciting feeling to shoot your first deer... then you second.. and third... etc. etc.

It sounds like you've got plenty of folks happy to share advice you asked for. I'd say for the type of hunting you're talking about .270 or .30-06 would be good choices.

RE: girl needs help finding a gun

why dont you try a .243

RE: girl needs help finding a gun

first off, Congrats! I would suggest 260, 7mm-08, 6.5x55, the main reason is that they are usually offered in the shorter rifles that fit women and younger hunters better. The 270, 25-06, 280 class of rifles will also do fine(maybe the perfect class of calibers for deer), but make sure the rifle fits you. Also be aware that a heavy 270 will kick much less that a light one.

RE: girl needs help finding a gun

my wife is 5-2
and she loves her .243 youth model
savage with accutriger

RE: girl needs help finding a gun

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ORIGINAL: wyotimberghost

...if you just started shooting, chances are the .270 will still shoot farther and more accurately than you are currently capable of shooting. Just something to keep in mind. Not saying you're a bad shooter- just saying you may want to practice before worrying about getting a long range rifle. Also, getting as close as you can is a lot more fun than shooting at a speck for most people.

I will second this what wyotimberghost said. Everyone wants a gun that will kill deer from a mile away (so to speak), but in reality, most of us (me included) have no business shooting at any game past 150-200 yards at the most. I have been shooting all my life and hunting deer for 25 years, but my "confort zone" is 100 yards+/-. I have killed well over 100 deer in my years of hunting and even a few out to 300 yards, but for me to take a shot at a deer past 150 yards, the conditions have to be near perfect.

For you as a new shooter/hunter, find a gun that fits you in a mild recoiling caliber such as 308 or 270 and practice, practice, practice. When you get some experience, if you are still hung up on "long range" shooting, you can look into a larger caliber such as 7mm magnum or 300 magnum.

Congrats on your first deer!

RE: girl needs help finding a gun

The 25-06 111 savage with an accu trigger is an awesome shooting gun, easy on recoil and will get em way out there, i dropped a deer with mine at 132 yards this year using winchester 120 gr positive expanding point bullets