Rifle question

[scottfrick]

Does a 30-06 kick more or less than a 7mm remington mag??? Going to be getting my wife a new rifle and one of these calibers is what she wants. She already has a 270, Just wants to add another gun to the list.

[6x6in6]

Less

[JimmyHoffa]

It depends on load/rifle weight, but generally it is just a little less.

[FC]

7mm mag kicks harder than 30 06 but if she handles her 270 well I wouldn't worry about it, 30 06 is almost like doubling up when she already has the 270 anyway.

[passing-thru]

Depends on gun. My 16 y/o daughter shoots 7mm mag. I've had 30-06 kick the bejesus out of me. 

[Huntbear]

Does a 30-06 kick more or less than a 7mm remington mag??? Going to be getting my wife a new rifle and one of these calibers is what she wants. She already has a 270, Just wants to add another gun to the list.

It all depends on the fit of the gun.  IF a gun is FIT properly to the shooter, it will feel like it recoils substantially less.  So in reality a 7 mm mag. can feel like it recoils less.  But for the record, a 7 mm mag does produce more ft. lbs. of recoil than an 06. 

[C-Money]

270win is a great meat on the table cartridge. Be careful she dosent develop a flinch shooting the bigeer cartridges. My wife shoots a 7mm-08 and does great!

[400out]

Nothing wrong with a 06! perfect gun (kids,girls,boys all around) 270's are good for the gun safe that's it! 

[carpsniperg2]

7mm-08 or 270 win would be my pick If she is going more for deer the 7mm-08. If she is planning on hunting more elk I would go to the 270 win. Both will kill any animal around here

[bobcat]

If she wants a 30-06 get her a 30-06. Can't go wrong. 7 mag might be just a bit much. For minimal recoil use 150 grain bullets, or there's even the option of the "managed recoil" loads that Remington sells. I think it's a 125 grain bullet at a reduced velocity but still plenty good for deer out to 200 yards. For elk you could go with a 130 grain Barnes. Lots of options with the 30-06, and cheap factory ammo if you're not a handloader.

[Curly]

Just get her both.  If the 7 mag is too much recoil, then it becomes your rifle.  It's a win-win......

[7mag.]

I have both. My 7mag. is a Win. mod. 70 with a 24" barrel and my 30.06 is a Ruger M77 MKII mountain rifle with a light weight stock and a 20" barrel. The 30.06 kicks harder. It all depends on the rifle, weight, barrel length, etc. If she holds the rifle right, recoil shouldn't bother her much with either.

[cohoho]

My 7mm kicked so much I got a runny nose every time I fired a half a box out of it.  Enjoyed shooting my .338 and .375 more...   Not sure why but the Winchester model 70 was a super hard kicking 7mm...  Wierd it was like a quick close punch versus a hard push if I had to describe it.

[Jingles]

While I have never shot the 7 mag I do shoot my 06 extensively and can say a lot of the kick depends on the load more than the gun because My son and I have the same rifle and mine  kicks like a mule but with the hand loads I make both kick pretty much the same with the same load I normally shoot 3.5  grains heavier than he does and I am pretty sure that is the reason.

[bobcat]

The 7mm magnum is going to kick harder than the 30-06, with everything else being equal (rifle weight, stock configuration, bullet weight, etc.)

The bigger case simply burns more powder and therefore will produce more recoil. Not enough difference to really notice though.