Hunting Washington Forum
Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Bigbuckhunter_1996 on December 21, 2013, 07:14:43 PM
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Which short action calibers (excluding short mags) do you think are the most versatile for a smaller kid to hunt with? I'm looking at getting a 7mm-08 for my nephew but not sure if maybe a .308 would be better or not.
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7mm08 will get 80% of the votes between the two.
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7mm08 will get 80% of the votes between the two.
Its got my vote. :tup:
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7mm-08 or .260 Remington gets my vote.
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I hunt deer/elk/bear for big game with a .243 using 80gr Barnes TTSX
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7MM-08 :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup:
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If you are a reloader don't overlook some really great calibers that you can "tame down". I worked up a load for a couple boys I took deer hunting this year. They both got .270's last Christmas so we loaded down a 130gr ballistic tip to about 2600fps and they worked outstanding! Both boys took whitetail does and muledeer does with second tags. All four were 1 shot kills and slowing down the ballistic tip made them a little less devistating. Between the two though I would go with the 7mm-08.
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Smaller lighter weight 308's tend to be a little more punishing than a lot of youth can tolerate. 243 as a first deer/bear gun would be a good choice. If elk hits the menu I'd chose 7-08.
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.243
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what kind of hunting?
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7mm08
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Deer and Bear hunting for sure and possibly Elk.
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Why not the good old 30'06? Does it all. And you can buy 125 reduced loads for it. The short action thing isn't for me. Kids grow fast. A plain jane beater 06 is a cheap wonderful thing.
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As in another recent thread, the 7/08 is the majority winner hands down
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My son and his buddy use our Marlin youth 7-08. Neither one complained about the recoil using full power 120 hand loads. Gavin used it this year to shoot a small moose with 120 tsx.
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7mm-08, getting enough popular you can find ammo in a pinch at many locations
