reduced recoil for the 308

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My daughter-in-law is going whitetail hunting with us this year. She is new to hunting but has shooting experience with lighter cals. She'll be using her new to her down sized and light weight Browning Micro Medallion in 308. I'd like her to get some shooting experience before hand with her new rifle and don't want to risk developing a flinch. What is our best bet for reducing the recoil as much as possible with factory loads and still getting the job done humanly for hunting? perhaps 150 grain or? Thanks in advance for your input.
 
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Iam not sure about reduced recoil loads. I hav not tried them and cannot comment on the effectivness on animals. I do have a suggestion though, Does the rifle have one of thoes browning hockey puck recoil pads? If so, you may want to consider changing it for a limbsaver. I have an fairly light A-bolt that was terribly uncomfortable to shoot, I put a new limbsaver on, and problem solved.
 
Your best bet for practice would be to get some 110 grain bullets and load them with something like 4198 for a muzzle velocity of around 2200 fps. For hunting, switch to the 130 grain bullet (I prefer Hornady) at around 2500 fps and you will have an effective deer hunting load out to around 200 yards.
If you want to go with 150 grain bullets, check out the Hogdon site, I believe, for their youth loads.
 
Al-Sway said:
Your best bet for practice would be to get some 110 grain bullets and load them with something like 4198 for a muzzle velocity of around 2200 fps. For hunting, switch to the 130 grain bullet (I prefer Hornady) at around 2500 fps and you will have an effective deer hunting load out to around 200 yards.
If you want to go with 150 grain bullets, check out the Hogdon site, I believe, for their youth loads.
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He was looking for reduced factory loads.
 
and he WON'T find them-there's no demand for reduced loads, therefore, they don't make them- the only way would be to re-load, and then using the lightest 30 caliber bullet- about 110 grains or to use cast rifle bullets and pistol powders- the other way( more conventional) would be to put a BRAKE on the end, a GOOD recoil pad on the gun( something meant for a 338 or a 12 guage) and a PAST pussy pad on the shoulder- if you're STILL sensitive to recoil after that, maybe look into a lead sled or some kind of remote trigger
 
As mentioned earlier by a fellow Nutzs, get one of those slip on
recoil pads.
Quick, easy and no harm done to the rifle.
Maybe a shoulder pad made for the gals would help also.
Make sure a good sitting position and bench rests are used.
 
Or perhaps a different rifle. The Marlin .308 express seemed to solve the problem of excessive recoil in the .308 calibre with a 160 grain bullet (Lever Evolution) and is spot on at 200 yards. I love mine and its in a lever to boot.
 
t-star said:
the only way would be to re-load, and then using the lightest 30 caliber bullet- about 110 grains or to use cast rifle bullets and pistol powders
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I beg to differ. I started all of my kids shooting with a really cut down, sported Lee Enfield. Some guy had cut it down for his wife and then sold it since she didn't use it anyway.

I'm at work so no access to my records, anyway...

I loaded 150gn bullets ahead of IMR4064 to get a MV around 1600fps. None of my kids minded it and I gradually increased it as they got larger. My middle daughter even took a doe with it at the 1600fps velocity at 80yds one year and she was just a little bit of a thing.

You don't have to go nuts, if you don't scare the kids with wild stories and loud noises, they shouldn't have much problem. When my nephew was 6, he used to shoot his Dad's .308 with reduced rounds (110gn bullets at about 1800fps). Pretty good shot, too
 
When I was 7 years old I was shooting 180 grain Super-X loads from my step dad's No.4 .303

I can understand if it's a girl, but if it's a boy, tell him not to be such a ##### and pull the trigger. He'll be twice as manly as the guys on here that shoot 243
 
Rocket Surgery said:
When I was 7 years old I was shooting 180 grain Super-X loads from my step dad's No.4 .303

I can understand if it's a girl, but if it's a boy, tell him not to be such a ##### and pull the trigger. He'll be twice as manly as the guys on here that shoot 243
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Rocket Surgery said:
When I was 7 years old I was shooting 180 grain Super-X loads from my step dad's No.4 .303

I can understand if it's a girl, but if it's a boy, tell him not to be such a ##### and pull the trigger. He'll be twice as manly as the guys on here that shoot 243
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:eek: ....goddamned brilliant idea there....

Moving on...

A 125 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip over a conservative charge of 42ish grains of IMR 4350 will get you to the 2700 fps mark and be as gentle as can be. :)

http://www.nosler.com/Reloading-Data/308-Winchester-125-Grains.aspx
 
Rocket Surgery said:
When I was 7 years old I was shooting 180 grain Super-X loads from my step dad's No.4 .303

I can understand if it's a girl, but if it's a boy, tell him not to be such a ##### and pull the trigger. He'll be twice as manly as the guys on here that shoot 243
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Your full of yourself tonight....
 
Get her some Remington managed recoil cartridges in 125gr. my wife shoots the 7mm-08 managed recoil 140gr.and really notices the difference from the full loads.1 shot at a mature doe at 100 yards last year....bang...flop!
 
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