13 using a 308
#3
RE: 13 using a 308
Practice.. practice and pratice. It's not the gun didn't make the hunter... A sniper can shot really good with your gun, but you can't shoot really good with the sniper's gun (if you don't practice enought during the year)
308 is a really good caliber. My father is hunting with a 30-06 and me with a 30-30 marlin. This year i want to buy my bow.. and next year, if i can, my 270 (win or WSM)
Francis
308 is a really good caliber. My father is hunting with a 30-06 and me with a 30-30 marlin. This year i want to buy my bow.. and next year, if i can, my 270 (win or WSM)
Francis
#4
RE: 13 using a 308
My next rifle will be a 308 barring a really good deal on something else. I have always used a 30-06 but I really love the light weight to a 308 and the knock down power is great for whitetail which is all I hunt any way.
#5
RE: 13 using a 308
I have been shooting a .308 win. since I was 13 and want shoot nothing else. I am 30 now and still shoot the same gun a 1962 Winchester model 77 lever action I have only had a couple of deer that was not recovered but that was when I was younger. and made some poor gut shots or something like that. but since I got older and wiser and more patient It will put the smack down on them. The farthest I have had one run In the past 13 yrs. is maybe 75 yrds. best deer gun out there in my opinion.
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RE: 13 using a 308
ORIGINAL: whit3tail hunter
im 13 and using a 308 semi automatic do u thank this is a good
gun i have had no trouble so far
im 13 and using a 308 semi automatic do u thank this is a good
gun i have had no trouble so far
#8
RE: 13 using a 308
Use what you have but become very familar with the gun. When I was your age I was given a Lee Enfield .303 which I still have today. I did most of my practising with an old single shot .22 but when practising I would have the head space as if I was hunting. The money that I would make shooting gophers would go towards buying ammo for the .303. Practise, practise, practise till your gun becomes an extension of you. This will assist you in the fall.
#9
RE: 13 using a 308
If it's a good fit and the gun is in good shape then by all means use it. However, I find that many times youth hunters try to make due with guns that are just a bit over sized or uncomfortable for them. Good luck and good shootin'