woman needing gun selection advice
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Posts: 3,732
Myself, i would eliminate the 257, if it required a long action. Neither of my 'big game' rifles are 260, but both are 6.5 caliber which indicate i really like the caliber, yes i do. However, the 7-08 is far more available today than the 260. At the store, one can find 7-08 rifles all around, but 260 rifles are kinda scarce.
Several others have suggested the 270. Myself, i see no logical reason to use a long case, and necessarily more powder to hunt big game in America, when the shorter case works just fine.
Thus, the choice whittles down to the 7-08.
Now, if i can somehow justify purchasing one for myself.
#23
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 4
I want to thank you all for your suggestions. Wow, thanks a lot! The tree limbs are definitely an issue, as I live in the mtns of Tennessee. I also hunt in upstate SC...both are very wooded areas, so long shots aren't usually an option. Y'all have given me great info...really. Now I can weed out all the other guns I had read about....I was on serious (pull my hair out) information overload.
In response to having a mentor...not really...sort of? My neighbor has tried to teach me a few things and let's me shoot his big guns for fun. I still have the option of using the neighbors .270. It's long and gets heavy after a while, but do-able
In response to having a mentor...not really...sort of? My neighbor has tried to teach me a few things and let's me shoot his big guns for fun. I still have the option of using the neighbors .270. It's long and gets heavy after a while, but do-able
#26
#28
I like the 7-08 as well. But, it depends on what you mean by larger game. If your talking black bears, fine. Moose? Probably not. I you are comfortable with a .270 and want the option to hunt bigger, I'd stick with it. Or maybe look at a .308 or .280 Rem, which have similar recoil to the .270.
#30
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Buffalo, WY
Posts: 992
Wish I had a dollar for every "ideal rifle" thread I've come across on various hunting forums.
I'd go out and buy myself the ideal rifle, which happens to be a .......................
I'd go out and buy myself the ideal rifle, which happens to be a .......................
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