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My hunting partner has been taking his 12 year old slight built daughter with us and she has been carrying her 22,which she is pretty good at but this year wants to 'shoot a deer'.My concern is the recoil of her dads 30 06 is pretty stiff and am wondering if anybody has any hunting experiance with Remington's 'Managed Recoil' ammunition with 125 gr bullets and reduced velocity?

Our deer (Columbian Blactails) aren't big(80-120lb) and the average shot is generally well under 100 yards,often 50 or 60 yards,and I'm thinking a good lung shot should result in a humane kill .I just don't want the kid to be afraid to shoot the bigger rifle because of the recoil and Managed Recoil ammunition might let her get used to shooting the 30 06 without developing a flinch

Anybody actually hunt with this reduced load ammunition?(which I'm finding hard to locate)
 
I load for a 12 year old girl who just loves this old Savage 99 in .308, but the recoil was rough on her. Light bullets, fast powder, and it's barely .243 recoil and quite accurate.
 
Although the powder charge is less,the 125 gr bullet weight is also less than the typical full strength 30 06 180 gr. loads ,and I'm wondering how much,if any difference in trajectory there would be at sub 100 yard typical hunting ranges?

But if anyone has actually used these managed recoil bullets for deer hunting,I'd like to hear what the results were,will a lung shot put a deer down resulting in a humane kill?..,.years ago people used 25/35s for deer hunting,is there any significant difference between those and the managed recoil 30 06 loads?
 
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I posted previously. Recoil is way down and the terminal effect on deer is more than satisfactory. Bang flop at 90-100 yards on 2 year old doe. They probably good to 200 yards on typical sized deer, broadside with good shot placement. But I think that applies to all calibre so ranges and game.
 
If she can handle the recoil with the managed recoil loads you should have ZERO worries about it being enough to take down a deer.

I picked up a few boxes of managed recoil (Hornady 87 grain SST Custom Lite) for my 243 which I use on Eastern Whitetails. It's not that I can't handle the recoil, but the shells were one of the few things in stock back a couple years ago and I hunt deer with my 243.

Although I have started reloading (the shortage started me even though I don't shoot a whole lot - just wanted a "stable supply") I still use these for deer and will use them next week (at least until I run out - have my scope dialed in for these loads).

Deer are pretty easy to kill - a 125 grain reduced 30.06 load is fully 20% stronger/harder hitting that what I use and mine takes down big Bambi's just fine. You don't need a cannon for deer.
 
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One of the reason I want her to shoot managed recoil is she should be able to practice with it before she goes hunting.A bad shot or wounding a deer would probably put her right off hunting.I'd like to see her practice until she's confident she can be accurate enough to put one right behind the shoulders and ensure a quick humane kill.

My 13 year old granddaughter got her first deer this year,a nice mulie with a 243 at about 50 yards ,a head on brisket shot that dropped it in its tracks.Don't know who was more excited,grandpa or the kid...
 
You have a perfect application for those loads. Small new shooter, small deer, medium sized rifle. Use the managed recoil loads. She will enjoy shooting a lot more!
 
I bought a bunch of reduced recoil ammo for my 13 yr old son (30-30) at cabelas for him to practice with. He has shot a pile of it and really enjoys it. He was drawn for moose this year so we switched to federal premium partitions for that. No moose yet but he got a shot at a coyote and the recoil didn't fizz on him at all. I have no doubt at all that the rr ammo will cleanly take a deer.
 
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