gahuntsman
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I recently purchased a Ruger American chambered in .308. At the point of purchase, I bought a box of Remington Core Lockt shells, 180 gr. Growing up, I grew up shooting a .243 Conn. Arms (I believe that was the company.......single shot, heavy wood and steel gun.....looked a lot like a single shot shotgun).
After shooting 10 rounds through the .308, I started noticing that the recoil from this rifle was starting to get to me, and shots 11-14 literally caught me jerking the trigger. I settled down and was able to finish off the sighting in and was able to move the shot placement back to where it was, which was grouping very nicely. All told, I ended up with 19 "kills" and 1 that would have been a front shoulder shot on a deer.
I am just wondering, even though I love where the 180 Core Lockt were grouping and felt comfy with it, will dropping down to a 150 gr., 165 gr. or 168 gr. reduce the amount of recoil any? Or am I just going to have to deal with it and face the fact that the .308 is most definitely not the .243 of my youth?
Literally, it has been 6 days since I sighted the gun in, and where I was putting the rifle against my shoulder is still sore.
Thanks in advance for any information about this, and I hope to learn more about guns in general from this forum.
After shooting 10 rounds through the .308, I started noticing that the recoil from this rifle was starting to get to me, and shots 11-14 literally caught me jerking the trigger. I settled down and was able to finish off the sighting in and was able to move the shot placement back to where it was, which was grouping very nicely. All told, I ended up with 19 "kills" and 1 that would have been a front shoulder shot on a deer.
I am just wondering, even though I love where the 180 Core Lockt were grouping and felt comfy with it, will dropping down to a 150 gr., 165 gr. or 168 gr. reduce the amount of recoil any? Or am I just going to have to deal with it and face the fact that the .308 is most definitely not the .243 of my youth?
Literally, it has been 6 days since I sighted the gun in, and where I was putting the rifle against my shoulder is still sore.
Thanks in advance for any information about this, and I hope to learn more about guns in general from this forum.