First time female shooter, What Caliber?
#21
Join Date: Sep 2007
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RE: First time female shooter, What Caliber?
ORIGINAL: driftrider
My wife is pretty recoil sensitive, so I won't be getting her anything too large. I'm debating between a .243 Win, .25-06, .260 Rem or 7mm-08 Rem. I think maybe the 7mm-08 may be above her comfort zone, and .260 Rem is semi-rare and ammo is more expensive.
My wife is pretty recoil sensitive, so I won't be getting her anything too large. I'm debating between a .243 Win, .25-06, .260 Rem or 7mm-08 Rem. I think maybe the 7mm-08 may be above her comfort zone, and .260 Rem is semi-rare and ammo is more expensive.
#22
Nontypical Buck
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RE: First time female shooter, What Caliber?
ORIGINAL: c j
All good choices, IMO. But you say the 7-08 is possibly too much, so you'll maybe go with a 25-06. Won't a 25-06 kick more than a 7-08?
All good choices, IMO. But you say the 7-08 is possibly too much, so you'll maybe go with a 25-06. Won't a 25-06 kick more than a 7-08?
I have owned & shot the 7mm-08 & 25-06. The 7mm-08 was a Remington, model-7, the 25-06 is a Ruger,model-77. IMHO the 7mm-08 kicked like a mule. I am not sure how much of this recoil was felt from stock fit & design???
The felt recoil of the 7mm-08 over the 25-06 was at least double.
#23
RE: First time female shooter, What Caliber?
If you say the 7-08 kicks more than a 25-06, there's not much I can say to dispute it, since I've never shot a 7-08. I just would never have thought it would be that way, since the 25 is built from a 30-06 case, which is significantly bigger than the 308 case that the 7mm-08 is based on.
All the more reason to love the 25-06, I guess.
All the more reason to love the 25-06, I guess.
#24
Nontypical Buck
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RE: First time female shooter, What Caliber?
MARINE.....'06 and those managed recoil loads.. or work up some light handloads...that way she'll never need to buy another gun...and you can buy yourself sumthin new for being so darn smart...semper fi
#25
RE: First time female shooter, What Caliber?
ORIGINAL: c j
All good choices, IMO. But you say the 7-08 is possibly too much, so you'll maybe go with a 25-06. Won't a 25-06 kick more than a 7-08?
ORIGINAL: driftrider
My wife is pretty recoil sensitive, so I won't be getting her anything too large. I'm debating between a .243 Win, .25-06, .260 Rem or 7mm-08 Rem. I think maybe the 7mm-08 may be above her comfort zone, and .260 Rem is semi-rare and ammo is more expensive. So it'll probably be a 25-06 or .243.
My wife is pretty recoil sensitive, so I won't be getting her anything too large. I'm debating between a .243 Win, .25-06, .260 Rem or 7mm-08 Rem. I think maybe the 7mm-08 may be above her comfort zone, and .260 Rem is semi-rare and ammo is more expensive. So it'll probably be a 25-06 or .243.
Mike
#26
RE: First time female shooter, What Caliber?
ORIGINAL: heeze gutshot shortee
MARINE.....'06 and those managed recoil loads.. or work up some light handloads...that way she'll never need to buy another gun...and you can buy yourself sumthin new for being so darn smart...semper fi
MARINE.....'06 and those managed recoil loads.. or work up some light handloads...that way she'll never need to buy another gun...and you can buy yourself sumthin new for being so darn smart...semper fi
#27
Spike
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RE: First time female shooter, What Caliber?
I bought a 7-08 Remington Model 7 for my 12 year old daughter to hunt dear with. I shot a box of 140 grain Rem factory loads and decided that it was to much so I found a youth load and it was very mild using 120 gr BT and H 4895. Sweet shooting round that did not kick at all even in a light rifle. She was even able to kill a doe this year with it. Before the season we went target shooting and she was able to shoot it 15-20 times during practiceand she did fine and did not develop a flinch. She also uses a recoil pad that fits under her coat.
Any of the 308 based rounds 243, 260, or 7-08 will do just fine with a little reloading.
My 2 cents.
Any of the 308 based rounds 243, 260, or 7-08 will do just fine with a little reloading.
My 2 cents.
#28
RE: First time female shooter, What Caliber?
ORIGINAL: elgallo114
I'd definately agree with this. My30-06 was too much when my 12 year old first started shooting it. We switched to managed recoil rounds from Rem, and he shoots great now. Helped a lot with his confindence too. One thing toremember is that they will place different than regular rounds, so you can't just switch back and forth without sighting it in again. But I gotta tell ya, I don'tmind shootingthem either, so it worked just fine.
ORIGINAL: heeze gutshot shortee
MARINE.....'06 and those managed recoil loads.. or work up some light handloads...that way she'll never need to buy another gun...and you can buy yourself sumthin new for being so darn smart...semper fi
MARINE.....'06 and those managed recoil loads.. or work up some light handloads...that way she'll never need to buy another gun...and you can buy yourself sumthin new for being so darn smart...semper fi
The managed recoil ammo is an excellent idea when a person already has a rifle that is too much for a new, young, and/or female shooter and cannot afford to buy another rifle specifically for that person. If, however, the purchase of another rifle is possible, then that is, by far, the best way to go.
Trust me on this, if he just gives her one of his rifles, and she likes shooting, it will no longer be his rifle. She'll also appreciate have HER rifle, that he too the time with her to pick out just for her.
Mike
#29
RE: First time female shooter, What Caliber?
Unless she is shooting waaaaay out there... get a Marlin 336 in 30-30. It'll do the job, and confound the uninformed who think it insufficient. Ammo is cheap, the cartridge sufficient, Marlin quality is good, and it is very classy. Put a fixed 4x or a 2-7 scope on it, and she'll be good to go.