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<blockquote data-quote="tmwtrfwler" data-source="post: 1647018" data-attributes="member: 72596"><p>My father is having some neck issues that he's currently working through with his doctors. C3 / 5&6 are being a real pain in the ***. Not unusual for a 69 year old guy. His pain at the moment would certainly prevent him from shooting heavy kick rifles. They're going the steroid shot route for now as they try to figure out a long term solution. As of right now the shooting pains from the nerves, etc. hit frequent enough that shooting wouldn't be much fun. So being that we are inherently stubborn creatures and don't want to miss a hunting season or practice we need to figure out what he'll shoot so long as he gets the ok from the Dr. </p><p></p><p>So, the question to the group is what would you choose in his situation to shoot for whitetail hunting this season. Elevated box blinds, 300 yards max distance in Virginia</p><p></p><p>He currently has the following options:</p><p>1) LMT .308 ar10 with suppressor - really heavy gun to tote around</p><p>2) 300 blackout ar with suppressor - lacks range for most blinds but is the perfect rifle for kick/weight</p><p>3) A Bolt 7WSM - could add a break to calm it down in consideration of the neck...it's not a bad kick now</p><p>4) Use his CZ 308 with reduced recoil loads</p><p>5) Seeing as how we love guns should he buy a 6.5cm or a 7-08 or the like and use the neck as an excuse to buy something new?</p><p>6) Put the 7wsm or 308 in a different stock with adjustable comb/lop so he can really dial in his head vs. a stock pad</p><p></p><p>Fire away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tmwtrfwler, post: 1647018, member: 72596"] My father is having some neck issues that he's currently working through with his doctors. C3 / 5&6 are being a real pain in the ***. Not unusual for a 69 year old guy. His pain at the moment would certainly prevent him from shooting heavy kick rifles. They're going the steroid shot route for now as they try to figure out a long term solution. As of right now the shooting pains from the nerves, etc. hit frequent enough that shooting wouldn't be much fun. So being that we are inherently stubborn creatures and don't want to miss a hunting season or practice we need to figure out what he'll shoot so long as he gets the ok from the Dr. So, the question to the group is what would you choose in his situation to shoot for whitetail hunting this season. Elevated box blinds, 300 yards max distance in Virginia He currently has the following options: 1) LMT .308 ar10 with suppressor - really heavy gun to tote around 2) 300 blackout ar with suppressor - lacks range for most blinds but is the perfect rifle for kick/weight 3) A Bolt 7WSM - could add a break to calm it down in consideration of the neck...it's not a bad kick now 4) Use his CZ 308 with reduced recoil loads 5) Seeing as how we love guns should he buy a 6.5cm or a 7-08 or the like and use the neck as an excuse to buy something new? 6) Put the 7wsm or 308 in a different stock with adjustable comb/lop so he can really dial in his head vs. a stock pad Fire away. [/QUOTE]
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