HighDesertSage
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If you want a do it all rifle, you should definitely look at the 458 Lott. It's probably a bit big for chipmunks, but at least you'll be covered for elephant.
Do-it-all freezer filling rifle
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Addicting
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Fixed it for you!
noharleyyet
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You better get off mtmuley's computer, I've texted him....
I was referring to the way these threads always go. If you don't shoot a .308, a 7-08 or a 6.5 of some variation, you are punishing yourself with unneccessary recoil. Same story every time. mtmuley
VikingsGuy
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When folks specifically ask for low recoil I don’t think it is a sin to answer. I am similarly surprised that every time someone asks about a lowish recoil option folks start telling stories about how their 4 yr old niece and 87 yr old grandma shoot a 416 Rigby without any complaint. I am an a big guy with years of shooting under my belt and recoil isn’t a big deal for me, but I have seen it effect others ability and interest in shooting. It will be good some day when we can find a non-cartridge test of our manhood on these threads.
noharleyyet
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Rifle Threads....guilty
VikingsGuy
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Not saying you do this, but when others respond not with, "I weigh 170 lbs and the recoil doesn't bother me much you may find the same", but rather with, "my 8 year old daughter shoots a 300wm without a problem" it's absolutely is a shot at "manhhod".
Addicting
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VikingsGuy
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These are great for introducing new or younger shooters without need for a whole new rifle, but if you are buying it for yourself, not sure why one wouldn't just buy a 7mm08 to start with rather than making a 30-06 shoot like a 7mm08?
Because not everyone wants a 7-08. Weird I know. mtmuley
VikingsGuy
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I love that folk like different things - I have enough different rifles to fully qualify as a gun nut, to each their own, but if a new shooter wants a low recoil round it doesn't seem like selling them on a more powerful gun and then selling them harder to find low re-coil ammo is an ideal suggestion. Weird, I know.
You have no idea what any new shooter can tolerate as far as recoil. Not weird. I let my kids find out on their own. No internet experts needed. mtmuley
Addicting
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From the OP:
I'd like things on the lower side of recoil. My hope is that my boy (that shows up in February) will be able to use this rifle when it's his turn.
He doesn’t own a rifle currently and has no concept of felt recoil. The reduced recoil is for a kid who isn’t born yet. He has time to use it and if need be buy reduced loads to start a kid 10-12 years from now. Likely by then he will be purchasing a different rifle as a 13.5” LOP won’t fit your average 10-12 year old.
MarvB
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Hats off to the 0-6 for the all-around as well plus ease of obtaining factory ammo for a newbie...recoil is manageable for most folks but, as stated, can be fairly easily tamed as well.
Good on you Cush....I would have taken the pad OFF my ex wife's if I had half the chance lol....or maybe swapped ends with it
Good on you Cush....I would have taken the pad OFF my ex wife's if I had half the chance lol....or maybe swapped ends with it
The OP seems to be talkin about me. A traditional bow hunter who kinda likes the flavor of wild game far better than the taste of tag soup. My solution for most of my life was my dad's old Rem. 722 in .300 sav. I've killed a lot of does, a few bucks, two bear and one cow elk with that little rifle. Not too much recoil but seems to do the job. Lately getting ammo can be a challenge and it is more expensive than makes sense but other than that not a bad choice. In my later years however I have fallen in love with my Hawkins smoke pole. Kind of the middle ground between the longbow and the .06
JEL
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This. I have done the same and still do. Also shoot a .270 with 130 Core-Lokt. Don't over think it.
