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Any suggestions for a light-kicking rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Newbie" data-source="post: 34083" data-attributes="member: 1921"><p>I was thinking of buying my wife a light-kicking rifle for target shooting and maybe deer.</p><p></p><p> She has only shot once before and is only 5 foot - one half inch tall and weighs about 115 pounds. I started her out with the .30/06 and it wasn't something she'd really want to shoot again.</p><p></p><p> One rifle I have in mind is the .257 WSSM. I understand that it is ballistically comparable to the .25/06. I have read that it accomplishes .25/06 ballistics with less powder, and therefore, slightly less recoil.</p><p></p><p> If chambered in an 8.5 pound rifle with a 26 inch barrel firing 115 grain bullets, how would recoil compare to that of a 6.5 pound .30/06 with a 22 inch barrel loaded with 168 grain bullets?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Newbie, post: 34083, member: 1921"] I was thinking of buying my wife a light-kicking rifle for target shooting and maybe deer. She has only shot once before and is only 5 foot - one half inch tall and weighs about 115 pounds. I started her out with the .30/06 and it wasn't something she'd really want to shoot again. One rifle I have in mind is the .257 WSSM. I understand that it is ballistically comparable to the .25/06. I have read that it accomplishes .25/06 ballistics with less powder, and therefore, slightly less recoil. If chambered in an 8.5 pound rifle with a 26 inch barrel firing 115 grain bullets, how would recoil compare to that of a 6.5 pound .30/06 with a 22 inch barrel loaded with 168 grain bullets? [/QUOTE]
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