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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: jdb on April 22, 2017, 03:37:31 PM

Title: Wife rifle question
Post by: jdb on April 22, 2017, 03:37:31 PM: My wife has decided she would
Like to try hunting, she is disabled and definitely on the petite side, thusly needs a very light rifle. I have an encore frame that I was thinking a .308 barrel would maybe work nicely or a ruger American compact in .308. Opinions?
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Post by: jdb on April 22, 2017, 03:40:30 PM: I'd like to keep this a factory ammo rifle
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Post by: hunter399 on April 22, 2017, 04:21:55 PM: :tung:
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Post by: Magnum_Willys on April 22, 2017, 04:25:32 PM: stick a .243 barrel on the ruger compact unless she wants to hunt elk then the 7mm-08 or .308.
Title: Re: Wife rifle question
Post by: jdb on April 22, 2017, 04:36:38 PM: Quote from: hunter399 on April 22, 2017, 04:21:55 PM
Thought you where selling a 243 ,why don't you use that. :dunno:
way to heavy for her.
Title: Re: Wife rifle question
Post by: jdb on April 22, 2017, 04:37:27 PM: Quote from: Magnum_Willys on April 22, 2017, 04:25:32 PM
stick a .243 barrel on the ruger compact unless she wants to hunt elk then the 7mm-08 or .308.
elk are on the menu
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Post by: thinkingman on April 22, 2017, 04:38:58 PM: A Tikka youth .243 would be ideal.
Light, accurate and a great trigger.
Easy decision.
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Post by: jrebel on April 22, 2017, 04:41:20 PM: Savage lady hunter if it is not to heavy is a great gun. Ruger compacts are light weight and good shooters to....just not my ball of wax.

Good luck, having the ladies hunting is always a great thing. :tup:
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Post by: jdb on April 22, 2017, 05:03:54 PM: Quote from: thinkingman on April 22, 2017, 04:38:58 PM
A Tikka youth .243 would be ideal.
Light, accurate and a great trigger.
Easy decision.
i will look in to the tikkas
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Post by: jackelope on April 22, 2017, 05:09:34 PM: Get a 16" .308 or 7mm-08 standard rifle contour Encore barrel. You already have the frame and the stock. You might have to get a barrel cut down and re-crowned, but that would be a sweet little rig.
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Post by: fishsticks on April 22, 2017, 05:27:36 PM: Quote from: jackelope on April 22, 2017, 05:09:34 PM
Get a 16" .308 or 7mm-08 standard rifle contour Encore barrel. You already have the frame and the stock. You might have to get a barrel cut down and re-crowned, but that would be a sweet little rig.

7mm-08 is plenty for elk, and a good flat shooting rifle.

My caution is that when it's in a light, short barreled configuration the recoil and noise can defeat the goal.

My wife has a weatherby vanguard compact in 7mm-08 with a youth stock. It's an awesome compact handy rifle, and everything she's shot with it has been DRT. But the recoil and noise is comparable to a larger calibered longer barreled rifle.

If you chose a 308 or 7mm-08 in a youth configuration start with light loads and double plug. Both of these can help with avoiding flinching and recoil sensitivity.
Title: Re: Wife rifle question
Post by: jackelope on April 22, 2017, 05:38:15 PM: Quote from: fishsticks on April 22, 2017, 05:27:36 PM
Quote from: jackelope on April 22, 2017, 05:09:34 PM
Get a 16" .308 or 7mm-08 standard rifle contour Encore barrel. You already have the frame and the stock. You might have to get a barrel cut down and re-crowned, but that would be a sweet little rig.

7mm-08 is plenty for elk, and a good flat shooting rifle.

My caution is that when it's in a light, short barreled configuration the recoil and noise can defeat the goal.

My wife has a weatherby vanguard compact in 7mm-08 with a youth stock. It's an awesome compact handy rifle, and everything she's shot with it has been DRT. But the recoil and noise is comparable to a larger calibered longer barreled rifle.

If you chose a 308 or 7mm-08 in a youth configuration start with light loads and double plug. Both of these can help with avoiding flinching and recoil sensitivity.

That's ok. I don't think he'd really need to go that short anyway. My Encore with a 26" heavy barrel and a 4-16 scope on it weighs around 9# all up. A 20" pencil barrel and a modest sized scope on it would be light enough. I bet you could get it set up around 7.5 pounds, which is light but not crazy light. If recoil is a concern, put a brake on it...but then you have the noise issue I guess.
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Post by: Colville on April 22, 2017, 05:44:16 PM: If she's never shot, i'd get a .243. She has to learn good shooting habbits. When that is childsplay, move up if elk is a regular option. That said, a .243 will kill em dead at reasonable ranges. Which they all will be for a new hunter.
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Post by: bobcat on April 22, 2017, 06:00:23 PM: I've been looking at the CVA Hunter Compact in 243 for my daughter. It's only 5.5 pounds, 13 inch length of pull, and a 20 inch barrel. It's also available in 7/08. Cabelas has them for $199. Seems like the perfect size rifle for a small person and you can't beat the price.

http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/browse/_/N-1114862?CQ_view=list&CQ_ztype=GNU&CQ_ref=~brand-CVA
Title: Re: Wife rifle question
Post by: jdb on April 22, 2017, 06:01:59 PM: Quote from: jackelope on April 22, 2017, 05:09:34 PM
Get a 16" .308 or 7mm-08 standard rifle contour Encore barrel. You already have the frame and the stock. You might have to get a barrel cut down and re-crowned, but that would be a sweet little rig.
thats kinda what I was thinking as well
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Post by: hunter399 on April 22, 2017, 06:03:32 PM: :tung:
Title: Re: Wife rifle question
Post by: jdb on April 22, 2017, 06:14:47 PM: We have 2 .243's in the house. We have killed about a dozen or so deer with them at ranges from point blank to 300 yards or so. I am a firm believer in the .243 but I don't think it's an elk cartridge.
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Post by: hunter399 on April 22, 2017, 06:22:57 PM: :tung:
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Post by: Bofire on April 22, 2017, 07:17:28 PM: Tikka compact in 7mm08, low recoil, deadly. comes with a stock spacer so a full size shooter can use it too.
Carl
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Post by: SERVOSKI on April 22, 2017, 07:22:30 PM: I would go with a 7mm-08. :tup: :tup:
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Post by: jrebel on April 22, 2017, 07:45:32 PM: I see your in selah.....maybe someone in the area can meet you and your wife at the range and let her try out a rifle?? If you are ever in the Wenatchee area look me up. Your wife is welcome to shoot my wife and daughters Savage Lady hunters in .243 and 7mm-08. I also have a light weight mountain rifle in .308 with a break if she wants to try that.....but the price of those mountain rifles can be pricey.
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Post by: jdb on April 23, 2017, 01:33:36 PM: I may take you up in that! :tup:
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Post by: jrebel on April 23, 2017, 04:44:10 PM: Quote from: jdb on April 23, 2017, 01:33:36 PM
I may take you up in that! :tup:

Also have a youth 7mm-08 she could try. Lots of options.