Wife needs a gun
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go to a gun store and have her handle a Ruger Frontier/Compact. .308 or 7mm-08 with managed recoil loads (less recoil than .243, but still plenty of poof at hunting ranges) might do the trick.
my g/f is tiny and 100lbs and the Frontier fits her and is easy for her to swing around. someone that small is not going to be able to hold a 26" barreled full size gun steady offhand on a target. she also really likes how they look - which god knows with women can actually be a factor in getting them to take interest in something -- chicks love the laminate
wood stocks can be cut down to size very easily too.
spend the extra $50 or so and get one in Target Grey, less maintenance for her.
you can mount the scope traditionally on these, but with a scout mount shell also have 0% chance of being bitten by the scope and it will get her shooting with both eyes open, and since its her first gun this habit should stick with her.
Sorry but that's Fugly... I agree, go to Tradex and buy a 1600 series Husqvarna in 6.5x55 with the aluminium floor plate (there lighter).
I bought my wife (125lbs) a Rem 700 SPS youth model in .308, and put a 3200 2-7x32 on it. The rifle fits her perfectly and she has no problems shooting full .308 loads, although I may do some lighter loads for her to try. She wanted a DM, so I had one installed. It also comes in 7mm-08 and .243.
Bought everything on the EE for a total of about $620.
Bought everything on the EE for a total of about $620.
Look into a semi auto you can get a bigger caliber and have less recoil...I own a Benelli R1 .30-06 and the recoil is about the same as my friends bolt action .260rem and its not even the comfortech stock...
Benelli measured the felt recoil of their comfortech .300 win mag compaired to a bolt action .270 and the results were basically the same.
This will only really matter if she wants to use it for larger game.
w w w.benelliusa.com/firearms/r1rifle.tpl
Benelli measured the felt recoil of their comfortech .300 win mag compaired to a bolt action .270 and the results were basically the same.
This will only really matter if she wants to use it for larger game.
w w w.benelliusa.com/firearms/r1rifle.tpl
I bought my wife a gun she told me it was an excuse to buy a gun, so than i bought her a second one LOL!
I got her a 243 SPS, and a Savage target 17 HMR that she shoots at the range time to time.
Good for varmints and deer. I doubt she will ever go for deer but i wish she would at least try.
I got her a 243 SPS, and a Savage target 17 HMR that she shoots at the range time to time.
Good for varmints and deer. I doubt she will ever go for deer but i wish she would at least try.
go to a gun store and have her handle a Ruger Frontier/Compact. .308 or 7mm-08 with managed recoil loads (less recoil than .243, but still plenty of poof at hunting ranges) might do the trick.
my g/f is tiny and 100lbs and the Frontier fits her and is easy for her to swing around. someone that small is not going to be able to hold a 26" barreled full size gun steady offhand on a target. she also really likes how they look - which god knows with women can actually be a factor in getting them to take interest in something -- chicks love the laminate
wood stocks can be cut down to size very easily too.
spend the extra $50 or so and get one in Target Grey, less maintenance for her.
you can mount the scope traditionally on these, but with a scout mount shell also have 0% chance of being bitten by the scope and it will get her shooting with both eyes open, and since its her first gun this habit should stick with her.
I've handled this rifle up close at the gun counter. It's a very nice rifle indeed. This picture does not render it service.
My son would have loved it too...but he's 14 and almost 6 foot tall now. The stock is far too short for anybody tall. For a smaller lady though, it would be just perfect... especially in a .260 chambering.
If money is a big concern, a used .30-30 Win 94 is a very pleasant carrying rifle that is compact, light, well balanced with very little recoil.
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im 6'1"
usually im wearing a hunting vest or jacket or have pack straps on which add a bit of LOP anyway. with a scout scope it is very easy to just adjust your position since eye relief is no longer a consideration. the result is a rifle that can fit anybody with a bit of practice. your shooting position simply adjusts.
i like the shorter stock because it comes up easier to the shoulder. having your cheek an inch further forward on the stock is not the end of the world on such a rifle, as it would be on a rifle with a traditional scope mount.
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While I appreciate the advantages of the scout scope configured rifle, I disagree that rifle fit becomes less important. Mostly it is easier to shoot a rifle stocked too short rather than too long. If the stock is too long the felt recoil is increased, mounting the rifle is slower, target acquisition is slower, and POI will be low. If the stock is too short, other than the position of the scope, one only has to watch they don't get bumped on the nose by their thumb if it is wrapped over top of the stock. Being long and lean as a teen, I discovered this at the same time that I discovered the short stocked Lee Enfield, and subsequently lay my thumb along the side of the stock rather than over it. Interestingly enough, I can shoot my wife's 12.25" LOP .30/06, even from prone, without getting hit by the conventionally mounted scope.
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Boomer - i was referring to the comment that the short LOP on the Frontier makes it unshootable for tall people.
the Frontier has a 12.5" LOP -- so basically 1" shorter than their full sized rifles. i dont think its such a big deal - you adjust to it quite easily. theres still 1/2" between my nose and my thumb, compared to an inch and a half or so distance on a full size Sendero stock. with the forward scope mount, being 1" closer to the scope is no big deal since the scope is still 10" away
it would cause problems with a traditional mount if you mount the scope far enough back for a 5' tall shooter, and a 6' shooter picks it up and wants to shoot it - theyd be awfully close to the scope.
the Frontier has a 12.5" LOP -- so basically 1" shorter than their full sized rifles. i dont think its such a big deal - you adjust to it quite easily. theres still 1/2" between my nose and my thumb, compared to an inch and a half or so distance on a full size Sendero stock. with the forward scope mount, being 1" closer to the scope is no big deal since the scope is still 10" away
it would cause problems with a traditional mount if you mount the scope far enough back for a 5' tall shooter, and a 6' shooter picks it up and wants to shoot it - theyd be awfully close to the scope.
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+2. I hate recoil but my 300 win mag version of the R1 shoots reasonable enough. I'd say the claims of it being like a .270 are on the mark.
It's also very easy rifle to take care of.
My wife also likes to shoot it.
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I bought my wife (125lbs) a Rem 700 SPS youth model in .308, and put a 3200 2-7x32 on it. The rifle fits her perfectly and she has no problems shooting full .308 loads, although I may do some lighter loads for her to try. She wanted a DM, so I had one installed. It also comes in 7mm-08 and .243.
Bought everything on the EE for a total of about $620.
exactly were I was thinking as well, my wife shoots a sps stainless 270wsm and my neice is shooting a tikka t3 in 308, I thought the remmy sps looked a bit cheesy at first but its a proved to be a shooter in its first hunting season around here
Boomer - i was referring to the comment that the short LOP on the Frontier makes it unshootable for tall people.
the Frontier has a 12.5" LOP -- so basically 1" shorter than their full sized rifles. i dont think its such a big deal - you adjust to it quite easily. theres still 1/2" between my nose and my thumb, compared to an inch and a half or so distance on a full size Sendero stock. with the forward scope mount, being 1" closer to the scope is no big deal since the scope is still 10" away
it would cause problems with a traditional mount if you mount the scope far enough back for a 5' tall shooter, and a 6' shooter picks it up and wants to shoot it - theyd be awfully close to the scope.
I'm 6' 1" tall too ...with a big nose and long neck. That 1/2" vanishes for me into a thumb in the nose unless I consciously adjust for every shot. I don't believe in adjusting myself to a rifle. The rifle should fit the shooter. If I bring up a rifle or shotgun and I'm not lined up with the sights, it gets put back in the rack.
