lo recoil hunting rifle

If I could hunt big game legally with 220 swift in Alberta, all my other guns would be safe Queens, Unless in Grizz country, 30 cal +. Now, if I was Whale Hunting in NS, 460.:D Recoil in the 220 swift? IF you need a follow up shot your scope rarely leaves the target. I have shot 2 Moose in Montana, years ago, with a 220 swift and never needed a second shot. Tiny hole going in, 4" hole going out. 220 rounds are hard to find and hard on barrels but if you reload you can tame them down a bit or find a new barrel. If you are looking for Less Dickn around, 270, 7mm08, 3006, 308 are all tried and proven as stated above. Still love the 220 swift though.
 
.243
.270
6.5X55

.243 is ideal for deer, coyotes. too lite IMO for moose
agree stay away from lite weight rifles ( lite= more recoil)
go to a gun store and handle a few to see what you like/ what fits you
if you can get a buddy to take you to the range and try out diff calibres even better

most important: HAVE FUN!
 
ehntr said:
Because the OP specifically wants low recoil.
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My point (that you missed), was that with the right cartridge you can still have a LW rifle and not have to deal with alot of recoil. Lighter loads with lighter bullets will help reduce recoil as well.

I have a custom 700 257Roberts in a nice, lightweight, mountain rifle configuration. It's not only very easy to shoot, but a joy to carry as well.

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nova_scotian_guy said:
im woundering what would be a good/cheap(under 700) hunting rifle that dose not have a lot of recoil and would have a good distance of range aswell as accurcate?....and it would have to be bolt action
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another vote for the 6.5 x55 with a good scope - spend your extra loot on upgrading the trigger and on a basic loading set up (Lee is good) with components.

If you want to go new factory then a Stevens 200 in .243 or .25-06 is hard to beat, caliber depending on what you are hunting, either work for deer
 
nova_scotian_guy said:
im woundering what would be a good/cheap(under 700) hunting rifle that dose not have a lot of recoil and would have a good distance of range aswell as accurcate?....and it would have to be bolt action
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I would go with a .270 calibre. Look at a Stevens model 200 or Marlin XL7, if your looking for new. It still leaves you enough room in your budget criteria to add decent optics. Have heard nothing but good things about those 2 models. Put a limbsaver recoil pad on the but and they should be a cake walk.

You could step up to a .308 in a stevens and keep recoil reasonable. It would give you more hunting options. Remmington makes low recoil ammo in numerous calibres, so that could be an option as well depending on what you want to hunt and the distance to target that you are, or will be comfortable with.
 
it really blows my mind that every time a noob comes here asking for a recommendation most of you push some pet cartridge with no consideration for the fact that at least 3/4 of gun owners do not reload and buy their ammo at places like Canadian Tire.

.257 bob, 6.5x55 swede, .220 swift, .260 rem, (and 28 gauge, 16 gauge), etc are great chamberings but very poor recommendations for the average Joe looking for something to fill his tags with. yet every time one of these threads pop up you get these exact same niche recommendations:

newb: 'hai guyz im looking for a first hunting rifle i dont know anything about guns halp me'
CGNer: 'buy a .22 PPC its teh best!!'

for most average Joes having easy, local access to proper ammo selection - both a range of quality modern hunting ammo with different bullet types and less expensive white-box stuff to practice with - is far more important than some minor ballistic advantage one of your pet chamberings will give. casual gunnuts that dont reload are far better off with something along the lines of .30-06, .308, .270, .243, .223, etc.
 
+1 on the .243 if deer are the largest game you intend to use the rifle on. Many of the other cartridges recommended are excellent, but are best suited to reloaders, since factory ammo isn't always readily available just anywhere and can be costly.

Logistics trumps ballistic perfection in this case.
 
a high quality recoil pad will make a huge difference on any cal. My choice of cal would be 270. That said any of the so called middle cal are the same to the game shot. I got both my boys 7x57 (after poor performance on large mules with 243) my wife uses her 308 & I shoot mostly a 280. Find what fits & go from there.
 
That's an important point of course. But the downside of ammo availability of a few of these, especially the swede has been pointed out in this thread, and also in any other 'first rifle' thread. Someone asking the question on CGN might well be looking for something beyond get a remington/savage/whatever in 308/30-06/whatever answer - he can find that a thousand times over. Someone who has come to CGN and made posts about pistols, rimfires, and centerfires is already more interested than your average gun owner.

RG

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