Just bought my first Weatherby rifle, a 7mm-08 SUB MOA Matte for 840$$ new. the gun will be used by my 16 yr old daughter for wisconsin deer. are weatherby guns good firearms and do they really shot sub moa at .088inch at a 100yds as they claim ,, any one have any luck with weatherby , seeing I own 4 Browning rifles, just wanted to try somthing diffrent and wanted a 7mm-08 cal for daughter , hope i made a good choice, ps the gun will be topped of with a Leupold vx3 3.5 by 10 power 40mm ,, thanks in advance for info...

I believe you good. 7mm08 from what i've heard is an good whitetail caliber.The rifle you bought should wiegh about 8 1/2lbs. scoped so i think the recoil will be very manageable.

I just looked atone at Midwest Shooters supply. Nice small youth in .243 win. My 13 year old son put it up to his shoulder and liked it. You can bet it will be 2" in real life. 1" with a gun in a vise is easy. I just got back from the range with my Savage heavy barrel in .223. I ended pup with a .85", .95", .95", 1.00" and 1.05" @ 110 yds. I shot a 2.2" at 220 yds. If you are hunting deer 2" is good for 250 yds. for sure. That's a long shot for a youth.

I don't know about the sub-moa, however, I bought the "plain-Jane"
Wby Vanguard synthetic($400 OTD) in 25/06. With my Accubond
handloads it shoots one-hole cloverleafs at 100yds and sub-moa at
200yds. This is my first Wby. I am not disappointed. The 7mm/08
should make a fine whitetail rifle for your daughter.
Just a suggestion.
If you handload, start her with 120gr Nosler bal tips and work up.
GOOD LUCK and GOOD SHOOTING!!!

The Vanguards are solid, well built shooters. In that caliber, it should be a dandy! Good luck!

Here's a little info on the 7mm-08 Recoil.

120 grain bullet at 3000 FPS,Rifle weight 7.5 lbs...Recoil Energy 12.1....Recoil velocity 10.2

140 grain bullet at 2860 FPS,Rifle weight 8.0 lbs.....Recoil Energy 12.6....Recoil velocity 10.1


For more info of other calibers check the link I used.

www.chuckhawks.com


I bought a new Savage 7mm-08 last Fall for Deer Season and it did a great job on a nice Big Doe opening morning and a 8-Point Buck the following friday...would have been a 9-Pointer but he had a broken brow-tine....recoil wasn't too bad on the 7mm-08 and if a Person was to use the Remington "Managed Recoil" shells the recoil would be even less for a Youth!

You can compare the recoil of the 7mm-08 to other calibers to give You an idea of what to expect and what calibers would be easier/lighter on a Youth.

Here's an example of another Caliber Rifle with more felt recoil:

30-06 Springfield 150 grain @ 2910 FPS...Rifle Weight 8.0 lb.....17.6 felt recoil energy....and 11.9 Recoil Velocity

I took the Vangaurd back and got a Browning X Bolt in SS composit , 7mm08 so im happy now now the browning feels way better in my hands did the vanguard ,,,,

At least You stuck with a 7mm-08...!