ladies gun

well, been having her handle a few guns. she really like the way a mannlicher-schoenauer rifle (not carbine) handles, but does not care for the action.

her favourite so far...... bubba special 1893 spanish mauser. i gotta love a cheap date. told her if that is what she wants i will find her a nicer one, should be easy breazy to find a cut down dwm, loewe, or a swede.

but, she wants to try out a pump action rifle.
 
Well, My wife claims alot of my rifles. Recoil isn't problem for her. It took me a long time to realize that it doesn't bother her because she naturally goes with it instead of trying to hold it down when firing. At one point I had 3 varmint rigs on the go and she was very fond of any of them, I've since thinned it down to 2. She is deadly on the 6" gong @ 300m shooting off a bench or prone with a bipod. However, she can't hit much free stnading unless the rifle weighs under 6.5-7 lbs. I bought a standing Pole Cat bipod that just has a quick attach stud that goes on the front swivel stud and that makes alot of my full size rifles workable. However, if I want her to enjoy the sport I have to get her gear that fits her and isn't a real bother to get set to shoot. A rifle that fits her makes this possible. I would suggest a wood stock as it absorbs recoil and I'd say if you want a cost effective deer caliber, get a 243. It'll do anything the 260 will on deer out to 350 yds. The deer only needs to be dead, same as a 260 will kill it dead, same difference. I own a 264, 6.5mm lead is more expensive and harder to find. If i want 264 bullets i'm most often going to edmonton for them. As well, if you need a little more velocity, try a 243 AI. After the initial investment in dies, the brass will last longer and there are some velocity and accuracy gains.

JT.
 
I see:
It's all about caliber choice.
But...
what about actually making sure the dang rifle fits her.
Women as a rule have smaller hands then men, and couple that with the typical women's smaller frame, I think making sure the grip to trigger dimension is smaller, and of course the length of pull is adjusted to properly fit her.

Once all that is looked after you'd be amazed what women can tollerate for recoil.
 
beretta boy said:
Model 7 CDL in 260 Remington.
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+1!
One of my hunting partners suffered a ruptured decending aorta (sp?) and after all the surgery cannot shoot hard recoiling rifles. He bought one of these and I have been there for 2 elk and 3 moose. He is 68 and a heck of hunter and good game shot. I tried it and the recoil is very mild.

I am thinking this would be ideal for my teenage son as well.......and in another 20 years suit me!
 
wow, this is a blast from the past. i ended up getting her a husqvarna 6.5x55 from tradeex. she really likes it. although it has kinda fallen by the wayside, her new interest is handguns.
 
In my opinion a 30-30 Lever is not nice to shoot for me compared to a nice bolt gun, and she might as well enjoy shooting it. 243 is about as light as you can get for hunting and will still do the job.
 
Last fall I bought my wife a marlin 30-30 and had an aftermarket recoil pad put on it. She is recoil sensitive, and has no problems with it. To me, it kicks not much more than a .22. She commonly put's 30 rounds through it in one practice session. The load we're using is 30gr of IMR 4064 and a H170FP, and will use a Nosler170 for hunting.
We chose the 30-30 as it's for up in the boreal area, so it's a good choice for us. This spring I complimented it with an old CIL(savage) bolt and put a 4X scope I had on it for when she's in her treestand.

We chose the 30-30 as it was a good choice for both recoil concerns and our hunting demands. I think a 25.06 may be another option as well as the others mentioned.
 
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