I'm planning on getting my wife a lightweight rifle - about 8.5 pounds with scope and bipod. I want to play with it too though!
Would there be any harm in getting a .300 win and loading it up with ~150 grain bullets and a lighter powder charge or would you be better off with something like a 6.5x284?
If you shoot a 140 grain bullet at 2800 fps from a .300 win and a 140 grain bullet at 2800 fps from a 6.5x284, aren't they going to recoil pretty much the same?
I would like the .300 to work for us because I want it to put a good hurting on elk when she does shoot something. We could load the bullets hotter for her for hunting too. I also like the idea of me having a lightweight 300 that I can shoot 215 bergers out of for running around the mountains.
She shot my buddies savage .300 win the other day. 10.6 pounds with bipod and factory savage muzzle brake. She shot 180 grain bullets out of it at full velocity and walked away smiling and saying it felt like my 243. Going down to a 8.5 pound gun will change things however. I do plan on getting a more efficient brake than the savage had.
Thoughts? Thanks!
Would there be any harm in getting a .300 win and loading it up with ~150 grain bullets and a lighter powder charge or would you be better off with something like a 6.5x284?
If you shoot a 140 grain bullet at 2800 fps from a .300 win and a 140 grain bullet at 2800 fps from a 6.5x284, aren't they going to recoil pretty much the same?
I would like the .300 to work for us because I want it to put a good hurting on elk when she does shoot something. We could load the bullets hotter for her for hunting too. I also like the idea of me having a lightweight 300 that I can shoot 215 bergers out of for running around the mountains.
She shot my buddies savage .300 win the other day. 10.6 pounds with bipod and factory savage muzzle brake. She shot 180 grain bullets out of it at full velocity and walked away smiling and saying it felt like my 243. Going down to a 8.5 pound gun will change things however. I do plan on getting a more efficient brake than the savage had.
Thoughts? Thanks!