7mm or 300 win mag

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Originally Posted by eric2381

Well, I highly disagree for a hunting rifle. But I did see them say that on best of the west......




Congrats to OP for getting thru school and enjoy that rifle for the rest of your life, hunting with your Dad. Now it's time for the real world, head down ass up and work hard always.

thanks man I'm going to school for engineering

[averagejoe]

Do not believe I have seen this suggested but try to find somebody with rifles in both calibers and ask them to take you out to see what you find the recoil to be.

Perhaps some rifles in the other calibers suggested as well. This will allow you to find out what your tolerances are on recoil. Even if they aren't the model you are looking at you will have a general idea.

I know people say that you "don't feel the recoil when hunting" but you are going to be spending a lot of time at the bench and you really feel it there and if you develop a flinch it can take a lot of practice to get rid of it.

Good luck and congratulations.

[H380]

Well now that everyone has your head spinning the choice is up to you .. We have 3 300 win mags in the family ,a laminate Ruger , a Remmy 700 XCR and my T3 with a limbsaver. My T3 has least amount of recoil of the three , but still may be too much for a recoil for a young shooter . Don't listen to the " anti plastic crowd , a Tikka will shoot the lights out and both of mine have been thru some very adverse conditions with no problem . Try and shoot a couple 300's and 7 mm's and go from there . Lots of good advice here , if it was me and my son , I would probably advise going with something a little tamer , say a 270 or 270 WSM . If you were in my area I'd let you try mine before you decide .

[JD848]

Both are good calibers but the 7mm is a fine shooting caliber,there is recoil,if you think a 7mm has to much recoil go buy a limbsaver shoulder pad or sisssy pad .The 7mm is easily managed with a little practice,some guys think a 243 is to loud another thinks he needs a 300 raum to shoot deer,the 7mm if put in the right hands of a shooter at a young age will make him know what a rifle is about and put his big boy pants on and leave the sissy pad at home.There are guys shooting 50 cals and are 160 lbs ,lots of women shoot 7mm with no problem and don't cry about it like lots of guys,then again their are a lot tougher women who I would rather hunt with than 80 percent of guys because they want to be good hunters and pay attention in great detail more than guys and want to over come their fears ,and most do.When you get use to shooting a 7mm and shoot a your deer or elk or moose for the first time you will not even feel the recoil ,but you might get a little buck fever and shoot five feet over or forget to chamber a shell and that has nothing to do with recoil it's all about nerves and not the one in your shoulder.Get a 7mm and take your time overcome any fears of the rifle and you will never regret it.

[Highlander44]

Consider a Remington 700 in 7mm-08. Same brass as a .308, just necked down to 7mm. A 7mm cuts through the wind much better than a .308, and with a Remington you can buy any aftermarket part down the road if you want to customize it. Don't get caught up in the trigger recall-take it to a gunsmith and get the trigger tuned- its worth the $50. At 500 yards and a 10mph crosswind my .308 175gr Sierra's drifts 18", a 7mm08 with 168gr drifts only 9". A 7mm-08 will kill effectively kill any deer/elk/moose with good shot placement. if you're looking at a lightweight rifle I would stay away from the magnums-you don't need it.