The more you know, the less you know?
02-02-2011, 05:05 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Southeast Missouri
Posts: 2,178
Salukipv1
You left out the 7mm-08,.270 WSM and a whole host of other WSM and Magnum Calibers?
Yes..it can be pretty confusing,I have found its best to think about getting several different Caliber choices,checking a recoil table to see how much felt-recoil a gun and grain bullet will deliver and ask around to see what others have choosen and are comfortable with...this is where it can get a little more confusing though!
I have also found that if a Person gets a Bolt-action Rifle You can tone down a Rifle a lot more by using the Remington "Managed Recoil" shells or You can Hand-load them lighter yourslef and its like having 2 different guns for an Adult and a Youth to shoot!
You left out the 7mm-08,.270 WSM and a whole host of other WSM and Magnum Calibers?
Yes..it can be pretty confusing,I have found its best to think about getting several different Caliber choices,checking a recoil table to see how much felt-recoil a gun and grain bullet will deliver and ask around to see what others have choosen and are comfortable with...this is where it can get a little more confusing though!
I have also found that if a Person gets a Bolt-action Rifle You can tone down a Rifle a lot more by using the Remington "Managed Recoil" shells or You can Hand-load them lighter yourslef and its like having 2 different guns for an Adult and a Youth to shoot!
02-03-2011, 02:30 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,780
02-04-2011, 02:43 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,143
I agree too much recoil for a kid.You might turn her off to the sport.243 is a real nice caliber to start her off with.
02-04-2011, 02:52 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,143
02-04-2011, 03:23 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: central and east texas
Posts: 4,894
anyway, she is an excellent shot, and she is proud of it...she wants ta get out to 250 yards, and well to be honest i wanna put her behind somethin a lil heavier, but has good ballistics.
02-04-2011, 03:26 PM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,143
she aint startin off..i broke her on a bb gun when she was 3...a 22 at 5y/o, when she turned 7 i put her behind a 223...she's been die hard hunter ever since. all does, i dont want her nailin a big buck til she pays her dues..now she is 12....she ate tag soup this year, she didnt wanna put in the time, so..well you know. I think this year she'll understand when i tell her its time to "put in the time"...be a whole new meaning vs what she thought it meant last year lol
anyway, she is an excellent shot, and she is proud of it...she wants ta get out to 250 yards, and well to be honest i wanna put her behind somethin a lil heavier, but has good ballistics.
anyway, she is an excellent shot, and she is proud of it...she wants ta get out to 250 yards, and well to be honest i wanna put her behind somethin a lil heavier, but has good ballistics.
02-04-2011, 03:39 PM
#19
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: N/W WI.
Posts: 814
Anyone else out there feel like the more that they have learned about rifles, cartridges, etc... the more you realize you don't know?
A guy who knows nothing about hunting etc... might go out and buy a .270win and with no knowledge at all really, may have just made a great decision.
A guy could drive himself nuts trying to decide between a .300win mag, WSM, Weatherby, RUM, etc...etc... most popular vs. best? what does best even mean?
will it be around in 20 years?
short action? long action?
belted? beltless?
I'm kinda of the belief "go with the popular round" but in certain circumstances it may make sense to go with a different cartridge.
Am I going nuts here?
Anyone else out there go through these debates with themselves or others ever?
I mean really do we need any other cartridge aside from the following?
.22LR
.223 Rem
.243 Win.
.25-06 Rem.
.270 Win.
7mm Rem.Mag.
.308
.30-06
.300 Win.Mag.
.338 Win.Mag.
.375 H&H
.416 Rigby
.458 Lott
A guy who knows nothing about hunting etc... might go out and buy a .270win and with no knowledge at all really, may have just made a great decision.
A guy could drive himself nuts trying to decide between a .300win mag, WSM, Weatherby, RUM, etc...etc... most popular vs. best? what does best even mean?
will it be around in 20 years?
short action? long action?
belted? beltless?
I'm kinda of the belief "go with the popular round" but in certain circumstances it may make sense to go with a different cartridge.
Am I going nuts here?
Anyone else out there go through these debates with themselves or others ever?
I mean really do we need any other cartridge aside from the following?
.22LR
.223 Rem
.243 Win.
.25-06 Rem.
.270 Win.
7mm Rem.Mag.
.308
.30-06
.300 Win.Mag.
.338 Win.Mag.
.375 H&H
.416 Rigby
.458 Lott
