light weight rifles?

[GoldenOscar]

I would second the Weatherby Backcountry, either the .240 or .257 which I recently fell in love with.....less recoil in my opinion than my .270

[ryanj]

    My wife hunts with a Remington 700 chambered in 30-06, I had the stock shortened to fit her and a nice limbsaver put on it .I hand load 165gr. Nosler partitions, and can control the "kick" by loading them down a bit. She hunts deer and elk with it, and it has done very well with putting elk down. sticking with her 30-06 is an option in case she wants to hunt larger game in the future.The cost of having some small modifications done to her riffle would be worth it in the long run.   

                           Good luck and have fun with it whatever you do!

[yorketransport]

CZ 527

I'm intrigued, tell me more!


A CZ 527 in 264 LBC/Grendel is pretty much perfect for what you want. Mine throws a 130gr Accubond at 2430fps from the 19" barrel. That's plenty for most clear cut hunting. It's extremely accurate with little recoil and minimal noise. It's certainly capable of making longer shots but it starts to run out of steam past about 350 yards. The little CZ doubles as a fun plinking gun as well. Cheap to shoot and can still reach out to 1000 yards with the right load in decent conditions.

Andrew