Gator89
Senior Member
7.62 x 39 or 6.5 Grendel, available in both AR and bolt action platforms.
fat, heavy round nosed or flat nosed, kinda slow. Them pointy bullets don't do well in the brush.What makes it nice in the brush ?
fat, heavy round nosed or flat nosed, kinda slow. Them pointy bullets don't do well in the brush.
I suppose I’ve always believed any brush that will deflect a pointy bullet is also likely to deflect fat & slow bullets.
Don't read much, do you... lol...Surprised no one suggested a 243
Didn’t think this was going to turn into a brush gun thread but if you think a brush gun shoots bullets that will deflect brush, kindly stay out of the woods and never hunt again.
Whether or not brush busting cartridges and bullets are fact or fiction (it is fiction), I don’t want to be the one behind that brush when the bullet starts deflecting it.
I remember seeing 350 Legend on the shelf every time I visited a Bass Pro or Academy back when everything else was scarce. It took years before I saw any 7mm-08. That is not to say anything of its effectiveness or the ease of finding/forming reloading components for it.In my area of WV I see more 350 Legend on the shelf than I do 7-08 or 243.
In my area of WV I see more 350 Legend on the shelf than I do 7-08 or 243.
My wife is new to hunting, she has fired my 7mag and 300 win mag, does not like the kick.
Most of our lease is going to be 100 yards and in
Is this a good option???? Prices are reasonable and ammo not too bad.
Didn’t think this was going to turn into a brush gun thread but if you think a brush gun shoots bullets that will deflect brush, kindly stay out of the woods and never hunt again.
Whether or not brush busting cartridges and bullets are fact or fiction (it is fiction), I don’t want to be the one behind that brush when the bullet starts deflecting it.
Yep.....I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a lasting flinch after trying those.
Hopefully you can get her on the range.....working with a rimfire....then a .223 and then perhaps into what she'll be hunting with.
Patience and reassurance.
Shooting from a rest....from her shoulder....may learn to use a sling.....from shooting sticks, etc.
Bullet placement, bullet placement, bullet placement.
That certainly leaves the door wide open for many cartridges.
Get something she'll enjoy shooting....a gun that fits her.....a trigger that is conducive to accuracy yet not a hair trigger....a gun that is heavy enough to properly handle the cartridge, yet not so heavy that aiming w/o a rest is difficult.
Put an optic on it that is easy to use.....easy sight picture......bold crosshairs....no windage or BDC noise....nothing that requires parallax adjustment.....just an easy to use optic with good eye relief.
Very good advice ! and yes, having fairly new hunters/shooters shoot heavy kicking magnum calibers can cause them to develop a flinch that is hard to get over
That was me.
A few years of shooting 7 RUM, 300 WinMag, 7 STW, etc had me flinching. Big ole 4 sammich eating dude.....flinching.
Went back to where I started, .270 Win, .308 Win.....and have sorta stayed there....sorta.
I no longer own any rifles chambered in magnums.
Don't really need them.
If I ever did a Western hunt then I'd have to ponder on it.