Rifle for my wife
02-03-2016, 11:21 AM
#32
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 194
While stock fit is critical on how the rifle "FITS" as so many have pointed out, one should also consider the action type along with length/weight of barrel. Think about the cantilever issue.
My youngest daughter just loves hunting with my TCR'83 in 243 just because it is so short and easy to maneuver, even though it still has a 25 inch barrel.
My youngest daughter just loves hunting with my TCR'83 in 243 just because it is so short and easy to maneuver, even though it still has a 25 inch barrel.
02-08-2016, 04:41 AM
#33
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,358
Just to update and thank everyone for the feedback and info!
We spent much of last weekend "playing" with guns! She had fun! We went to Harrisburg PA to the outdoor show and she handled:
- Remington (what's with Remington bringing 40 guns to a show to handle and NOT A SINGLE MODEL 7?)
- Savage
- Ruger
- Mossberg
- Browning
- TC
- Winchester
- Tika
She had fun! Once we got the dealer reps to stop talking to me and talk to her, sheesh.
The winner is: Thompson Center Venture in Weathershield, 7mm-08
I was a bit surprised because she liked this one better than the Venture compact which was an inch shorter. She said she couldn't explain it, it just felt "natural to aim it". I told her "that's what you're looking for!"
Unfortunately they can't actually sell guns at the show, so we have to go to a dealer and order it locally.
Also booked a hunt for October for her to actually use it on! Should be christened on a nice Wyoming mule deer and antelope!
We spent much of last weekend "playing" with guns! She had fun! We went to Harrisburg PA to the outdoor show and she handled:
- Remington (what's with Remington bringing 40 guns to a show to handle and NOT A SINGLE MODEL 7?)
- Savage
- Ruger
- Mossberg
- Browning
- TC
- Winchester
- Tika
She had fun! Once we got the dealer reps to stop talking to me and talk to her, sheesh.
The winner is: Thompson Center Venture in Weathershield, 7mm-08
I was a bit surprised because she liked this one better than the Venture compact which was an inch shorter. She said she couldn't explain it, it just felt "natural to aim it". I told her "that's what you're looking for!"
Unfortunately they can't actually sell guns at the show, so we have to go to a dealer and order it locally.
Also booked a hunt for October for her to actually use it on! Should be christened on a nice Wyoming mule deer and antelope!
02-11-2016, 06:41 AM
#34
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,149
My wife wants a rifle. What I am curious about is are there rifles that are better fits for woman? My wife is 5'7". We have bowhunted together for years and she turkey hunts with a Remington 870 express.
I have a Remington 700 in .30-06 which seems a bit long for her.
With archery I know what to do, with rifles I don't. Are there "woman sized" rifles?
She will be hunting everything from whitetails here in NH, to western game from antelope up to elk with this gun over the next years.
I have a Remington 700 in .30-06 which seems a bit long for her.
With archery I know what to do, with rifles I don't. Are there "woman sized" rifles?
She will be hunting everything from whitetails here in NH, to western game from antelope up to elk with this gun over the next years.
02-14-2016, 05:21 AM
#36
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: MICHIGAN
Posts: 2,568
Congrats to your wife on her gun choice.
I have two 7mm08's a Remington 700 Mountain rifle set up for long rang deer hunting across cranberry bogs and bean fields plus a Remington Model 7 set up for thick Michigan cedar swamp deer hunting.
I have heard a lot of good things about the T/C center fire line of rifles. I have no complaints with my T/C muzzle loaders
Al
I have two 7mm08's a Remington 700 Mountain rifle set up for long rang deer hunting across cranberry bogs and bean fields plus a Remington Model 7 set up for thick Michigan cedar swamp deer hunting.
I have heard a lot of good things about the T/C center fire line of rifles. I have no complaints with my T/C muzzle loaders
Al
02-15-2016, 06:05 AM
#39
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,358
