light weight rifles?

[2MANY]

I hear what you're sayin.

[birddogdad]

  I am sure this  topic has been done over and over and over.. and  then maybe one  more  time  after  that.  but I  get the feeling that people really like  talking about it. so along with researching in the archives  I'll ask the question  again.

 Wife's  30-30 Marlin lever gun is too heavy.  I have a  Ruger  American  in 30- 06   it has too much kick  for her.

  I'd like    for her to have a gun she can carry all  day and    something that has better  ballistics than her 30-30.

good balistics.. light  weight... low recoil    mules deer and clearcut  blacktails...   


  suggestions?

if the 30-06 would become her primary use, just get a brake on it~! kick would be gone and you would not be as lite in the wallet either... a 30-06 felt recoil with a brake is similar to a 243... just sayin...

Hearing damage is cumulative and permanent.
No way I would brake a hunting rifle.

so have you ever researched or just shoot from the hip(no pun intended)?

above 140+db causes perm loss (by the experts) which, is below most 12 ga shotguns.... (low 140's). rifles/ pistols are all pretty much in the 150's (no brake) with brake only adds around  +10db depending on the brake and caliber... muffs drop around 20-25db depending on quality plugs only work about 5db.. if you have never ever shot anything without hearing protection you are really on a hearing conservation program.. otherwise, your hearing is already gone (by the "experts"  cumulative damage writings) and the end is near!! so get a brake and enjoy life with less recoil hehe
Oh, I have a very difficult time hearing my wife and use the years of shooting with and without brakes and her speaking frequency association as my excuse too

[Curly]

I hear what you're sayin.

 

 

[JimmyHoffa]

generally the lightweight (non-'mountain') rifles have short barrels so that raises the SPL to about what a long barreled/braked rifle is at.

[Curly]

Savage Lady Hunter in .243 or maybe 7-08 (If only for deer, probably go with .243).

http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/model/11Lady

Weight is only 6 pounds.  Should be worth consideration. 

[Curly]

http://www.legacysports.com/barreled-actions

Could always go with a Howa barreled action in a #1 contour/20" barrel (weighs 4.5 pounds) and get an appropriate sized stock to fit your lady.

https://www.legacysports.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=SLJ00171&cat=18

[birddogdad]

not trying to argue, just saying that it should not be your primary concern for no brake for that one shot a season with no protection. it surely is a personal choice, but 30 years of hunting and shooting brake rifles on big game hunts with no hearing protection has had no measurable change in my baseline (checked annually for my job), for sure using protection for target applications.

[Shooting Stix]

Tikka is very light in weight gun I have a 300 mag and its nice

[Bob33]

not trying to argue, just saying that it should not be your primary concern for no brake for that one shot a season with no protection. it surely is a personal choice, but 30 years of hunting and shooting brake rifles on big game hunts with no hearing protection has had no measurable change in my baseline (checked annually for my job), for sure using protection for target applications.

I would say that you are extremely fortunate, and a very rare case if you have suffered no hearing loss shooting firearms without hearing protection.

[jackmaster]

I haven't seen anyone mention the Rossi, 7mm-08 I think it only weighs 5.75 lbs put a compact light scope and you be   around 7 to 8 lbs thats probably as light as you can get..

[theleo]

not trying to argue, just saying that it should not be your primary concern for no brake for that one shot a season with no protection. it surely is a personal choice, but 30 years of hunting and shooting brake rifles on big game hunts with no hearing protection has had no measurable change in my baseline (checked annually for my job), for sure using protection for target applications.

What did you just say?

[birddogdad]

not trying to argue, just saying that it should not be your primary concern for no brake for that one shot a season with no protection. it surely is a personal choice, but 30 years of hunting and shooting brake rifles on big game hunts with no hearing protection has had no measurable change in my baseline (checked annually for my job), for sure using protection for target applications.

What did you just say?

 

[thinkingman]

not trying to argue, just saying that it should not be your primary concern for no brake for that one shot a season with no protection. it surely is a personal choice, but 30 years of hunting and shooting brake rifles on big game hunts with no hearing protection has had no measurable change in my baseline (checked annually for my job), for sure using protection for target applications.

When was your baseline established?

[Curly]

These are light.

This is almost as good and not much over 1k.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=527623685

[eliandsky]

Savage 11-111 light weight hunter. Listed at 5.5 with a red field scope it's at 6.5lbs. I got it in a .243 for my son and with 90g Nos Etips its .25" at 100. By far the tightest shooting gun in the safe. Around $700.