As some of you may remember I'm a new rifle shooter, handguns only prior to that.
I had intended buying my own weapon for a forthcoming deer hunt, but in the end I'm going to borrow an old .303 British, which I'm reliably informed kicks like hell (those Brits must be tough).
Meanwhile I'm still trying to get it right first time in terms of caliber selection. I've just got through reading an article by an accomplished hunter who said that before the new Remington .260 he always started new deer hunters off with 7mm-08, a round that improves the long range balistics of the parent .308 Win round, but that the .260 has almost identical performance and milder recoil for the novice shooter. He was shown (well his wife was) taking Wildebeest with the .260, is it all that or not.
Regards,
Mike H
I had intended buying my own weapon for a forthcoming deer hunt, but in the end I'm going to borrow an old .303 British, which I'm reliably informed kicks like hell (those Brits must be tough).
Meanwhile I'm still trying to get it right first time in terms of caliber selection. I've just got through reading an article by an accomplished hunter who said that before the new Remington .260 he always started new deer hunters off with 7mm-08, a round that improves the long range balistics of the parent .308 Win round, but that the .260 has almost identical performance and milder recoil for the novice shooter. He was shown (well his wife was) taking Wildebeest with the .260, is it all that or not.
Regards,
Mike H