Need advice: lowest recoil gun, that is powerfull enough for deer
10-09-2007, 08:18 PM
#41
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Isle, MN
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RE: Need advice: lowest recoil gun, that is powerfull enough for deer
wow! thanks everyone for the advice. I'm leaning towards whata lot of you said, a .243 w/ a limbsaver recoil pad. I also might just put a nice recoil pad on my .30-30 marlin. I just realized, i've shot 24 deer in my life but none with a rifle. This just might be my year!
10-11-2007, 12:01 PM
#42
Nontypical Buck
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Location: A flat lander lost in the mountains of Northern,AZ
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RE: Need advice: lowest recoil gun, that is powerfull enough for deer
for low recoil and deer I like a sks they use a 7.62x39 ballistically comparable to a 30-30 but alot less recoil.
10-11-2007, 12:39 PM
#43
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Need advice: lowest recoil gun, that is powerfull enough for deer
Yeah, except that the SKS has a steel buttplate, and it makes what little recoil it has feel like a lot more than it is when shooting from the bench, but offhand, it wouldn't recoil too bad, I reckon, since your body can move with the recoil when standing up, or in the crouch position better than it can at a bech sitting down.
In any case, if I were to got the route of the SKS, I would change the butt of the rifle if I could.
In any case, if I were to got the route of the SKS, I would change the butt of the rifle if I could.
10-11-2007, 01:10 PM
#44
Spike
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RE: Need advice: lowest recoil gun, that is powerfull enough for deer
I've got a Marlin 336CS 30-30 and I can say that it kicks way more (albeit not as much as others) than my .243. A .243 would be perfect, and with a recoil pad you'd barely even feel it.
10-11-2007, 01:50 PM
#45
Fork Horn
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RE: Need advice: lowest recoil gun, that is powerfull enough for deer
Why the worry about recoil? Do you have shoulder problems? I don't understand people complaining about recoil all the time.I can shoot a .308 in a tee shirtand it doesn't bother me. I can see if you're shooting everyday like 50 shots, but if it's just for deer hunting, the recoil is nothing in my opinion.
I like to knock them down and stay down so i like the.30 calibers or magnums.
I like to knock them down and stay down so i like the.30 calibers or magnums.
10-11-2007, 02:04 PM
#46
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Newfoundland - Living in Red Deer Alberta
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RE: Need advice: lowest recoil gun, that is powerfull enough for deer
ORIGINAL: Joe D.
Why the worry about recoil? Do you have shoulder problems? I don't understand people complaining about recoil all the time.I can shoot a .308 in a tee shirtand it doesn't bother me. I can see if you're shooting everyday like 50 shots, but if it's just for deer hunting, the recoil is nothing in my opinion.
I like to knock them down and stay down so i like the.30 calibers or magnums.
Why the worry about recoil? Do you have shoulder problems? I don't understand people complaining about recoil all the time.I can shoot a .308 in a tee shirtand it doesn't bother me. I can see if you're shooting everyday like 50 shots, but if it's just for deer hunting, the recoil is nothing in my opinion.
I like to knock them down and stay down so i like the.30 calibers or magnums.
"recent surgery to upper back"
10-11-2007, 09:34 PM
#50
Join Date: Jun 2006
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RE: Need advice: lowest recoil gun, that is powerfull enough for deer
The 300 Savage is an effective round that might suit your needs & do a fine job in the field. Remington made some up in their 700 Classic line a few years ago, they weren't real popular, so price is good on them, and darn little recoil.