Help, wife needs a rifle!
11-01-2005, 10:20 AM
#12
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
RE: Help, wife needs a rifle!
ORIGINAL: Yivin
When and if my wife ever goes with me...its a 243 fer her. Just my opinion thou...
When and if my wife ever goes with me...its a 243 fer her. Just my opinion thou...
Yivin, the .243, .260, 6.5mm, 7-08 and .308 all have the same case.Why is the .243 your choice?
11-01-2005, 10:34 AM
#13
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Georgia
Posts: 93
RE: Help, wife needs a rifle!
Everyone has their own preferences...I shoot a 308 rem. I don't believe she would like that kick to much. I kinda like the 243's. I borrow my hunting bud's alot and it is a pretty smooth shooting gun. Plus If she goes I can buy a 243 for her(actually me) to add to my small arsen.hehe
11-01-2005, 11:22 AM
#14
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
RE: Help, wife needs a rifle!
ORIGINAL: Yivin
Everyone has their own preferences...I shoot a 308 rem. I don't believe she would like that kick to much. I kinda like the 243's. I borrow my hunting bud's alot and it is a pretty smooth shooting gun. Plus If she goes I can buy a 243 for her(actually me) to add to my small arsen.hehe
Everyone has their own preferences...I shoot a 308 rem. I don't believe she would like that kick to much. I kinda like the 243's. I borrow my hunting bud's alot and it is a pretty smooth shooting gun. Plus If she goes I can buy a 243 for her(actually me) to add to my small arsen.hehe
You sligh FOX!
11-01-2005, 12:29 PM
#15
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Central Missouri
Posts: 360
RE: Help, wife needs a rifle!
I would consider a H&R Handi-Rifle. They come in a variety of calibers and from everything I've heard shoot great, last for every, and are very reliable.
Here's a link:
http://www.hr1871.com/
If any one hasan opinion on this gun let me know, I'm considering one for my girlfriend.
Here's a link:
http://www.hr1871.com/
If any one hasan opinion on this gun let me know, I'm considering one for my girlfriend.
11-01-2005, 02:03 PM
#16
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location:
Posts: 268
RE: Help, wife needs a rifle!
I HAVE HAD A REM MOD 7 IN A .308 CAL FOR 20 YEARS AND MY WIFE NOW USES THIS RIFLE. SHE LOVES SHOOTING IT AND IT FITS HER TO A TEE. LIKE MENTIONED ABOVE, THERE IS VERY LITTLE RECOIL AND IS COMFORTABLE FOR HER TO CARRY AND SHOOT. I'VE RELOADED FOR YEARS AND WOULD SHARE SOME LOADS IF THIS IS WHAT YOU PICK.
11-02-2005, 05:10 AM
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: SW Virginia
Posts: 353
RE: Help, wife needs a rifle!
Wife #1--M700 .30-06. Wife #2--M70 .30-06. Current G/F--Model 700 .270. None was taller than 5'3" or weighed more than 135. All were very reliable game shots. I think we worry too much about recoil. They did/do not. I asked G/F if she wanted me to load some light .270's for practice. She said: "Why? My rifle shoots fine as it is."
11-02-2005, 10:42 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,445
RE: Help, wife needs a rifle!
Savage makes a youth model, think it comes in 7/08, not sure about 260.
You'll save at least a $100 by buying a Savage instead of say a Ruger or Browning.Savages are great shooters. If the wife wants a "pretty" rifle, well, maybe it's not the one.
You'll save at least a $100 by buying a Savage instead of say a Ruger or Browning.Savages are great shooters. If the wife wants a "pretty" rifle, well, maybe it's not the one.