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My wife hunts with a custom Browning in 6.5mm Swede. But if I could do it all over again, I'd have bought a 270 instead. Same basic trajectory, accuracy, power, and recoil for hundreds less.
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My 12 year old boy started on a Tikka 7mm-08. Low recoil, flat shooting, plenty of punch.
Like the man said, rifle fit is more important than cartridge.
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If you cann't stand my spelling use the ingore feature.
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my wife has a Remington Seven Youth in 7-08 and loves it but elk are a possibility for her on a regular basis.....he also loved the Savage 99 in 250 i had for awhile and has used her dads 6mm Rem a fair bit...
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We did choose the .243 and the main game will be deer and antelope, if elk ever comes into the picture for her then I have given thought to getting it rebarreled to 7mm-08 or .308 but that would be down the road a ways. Or always could get another rifle.  The main goal was to get a good deer and deer caliber in a rifle that fit her well, and get her some time on the range to work on the fundamentals to be a good marksman. Thanks
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Mainly a deer and antelope gun, she shows little to no interest in elk hunting. She had been bitten by the scope of my buddies 30-06 a few years back though she did shoot my old 308 a few times with no real issues. I was leaning towards the lighter recoiling 243 win, though the 7mm08 is still an option. And we will be shopping around to find a rifle that fits well, just wanted some opinions on caliber thoughts. My Wife started out with a youth Savage model 11 in .243 & killed many deer with it. This year, she moved up to a Savage Lady Hunter, in 7mm-08, & is shooting the "factory" 120gr Barnes TTSX. Killed 1 buck & 2 Does & is extremely happy with the rifle. Oh, & she absolutely loves the Savage accutrigger on this rifle. A well fitting rifle, with a great trigger is bad medicine for our local deer population. YMMV. Paul.
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Cheers & thank you for letting us know of your choice !
But, you can't leave us hanging like that. What did you get & why ?
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a well fitting rifle is important....my wife loves her 7-08 but hated my 270 though on paper it kicked less(heavier gun), cause she couldnt hold it right it would hurt her....
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Ended up getting a Browning X bolt in .243 Win. The main features we wanted included an adjustable trigger and a detachable magazine. She "tried on" several different rifles but really like how the X bolt felt, came to her shoulder and fit her. We picked up a Nikon Prostaff BDC 4-12 to top it, we have taken it out and shoot a few boxes and she is very happy and not afraid of the recoil at all. We still have to do a good final sight in, I will let you all know how well it groups once we do.
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Good set up. Glad it worked out. It is all about personal preference. That goodness we can make choices.
I like Chevys!
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