Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Low recoil rifle for whitetails and coyotes. Opinions?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="GOCougs3006" data-source="post: 812570" data-attributes="member: 39565"><p>Hey guys. I'm looking into several different calibers of rifle and am having trouble deciding on which one to go with. My fiancé is getting into hunting and she wants to go deer hunting. I only have a .30-06 and a .300 WM right now for her to use. I'm confident she could shoot the .30-06 fine, but with her being fairly new to shooting I want her to spend a lot of time at the range honing her skills and my 06 kicks pretty good to be putting lots of lead down range. The second part of this is I would really like a higher caliber coyote gun for longer range coyote hunts (500-600 yds). So I figured I could easily kill two birds with one stone here. And this way if she only hunts a year or two and decides she doesn't like it I still have my coyote gun. And by the way we are from eastern WA and will be hunting whitetails in the rolling hills of the Palouse. So after all of that here are some of the calibers I'm choosing between. </p><p> </p><p>6.5x55 Swede (this was the caliber of my first rifle so I have a soft spot for it)</p><p> </p><p>.25-06 (I am a huge .30-06 fan and I believe it to be about the best cartridge ever made, so sticking with the 06 family appeals to me)</p><p> </p><p>.257 Wby </p><p>6.5x284</p><p>6.5 rem mag</p><p> </p><p>Also, I do all of my own hand loading, but I would like to stick with a cartridge I could easily find brass for. </p><p> </p><p>Anyone have any opinions on these calibers. Pros/Cons.... the good, the bad, the ugly.... any advice helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GOCougs3006, post: 812570, member: 39565"] Hey guys. I'm looking into several different calibers of rifle and am having trouble deciding on which one to go with. My fiancé is getting into hunting and she wants to go deer hunting. I only have a .30-06 and a .300 WM right now for her to use. I'm confident she could shoot the .30-06 fine, but with her being fairly new to shooting I want her to spend a lot of time at the range honing her skills and my 06 kicks pretty good to be putting lots of lead down range. The second part of this is I would really like a higher caliber coyote gun for longer range coyote hunts (500-600 yds). So I figured I could easily kill two birds with one stone here. And this way if she only hunts a year or two and decides she doesn't like it I still have my coyote gun. And by the way we are from eastern WA and will be hunting whitetails in the rolling hills of the Palouse. So after all of that here are some of the calibers I'm choosing between. 6.5x55 Swede (this was the caliber of my first rifle so I have a soft spot for it) .25-06 (I am a huge .30-06 fan and I believe it to be about the best cartridge ever made, so sticking with the 06 family appeals to me) .257 Wby 6.5x284 6.5 rem mag Also, I do all of my own hand loading, but I would like to stick with a cartridge I could easily find brass for. Anyone have any opinions on these calibers. Pros/Cons.... the good, the bad, the ugly.... any advice helps. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Low recoil rifle for whitetails and coyotes. Opinions?
Top