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Wife rifle: Step up from 243?
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<blockquote data-quote="Leslie Sapp" data-source="post: 990276" data-attributes="member: 74272"><p>This.. Or buy one just like the one she has now in .260. </p><p></p><p>My wife and I went through this evolution about 20 years ago. She was hunting with a full sized mod. 70 in .243 in the swamps of North Florida. She was killing game, but we rarely had an exit wound. We knew that it was just matter of time before a poorly shot animal was lost in the water and sawgrass, and the rifle was too barrel heavy for her anyway.</p><p></p><p>We bought her a Rem. mod. 7 in .260, and it has killed every animal it's been fired at since, and we have never recovered a bullet from a carcass. I'm loading 120gr sierra pro hunters over varget for it now, and that little pencil barrel will shoot an honest 5/8" 5 shot group at 100 yards. </p><p></p><p>One caveat: The .260 is a reloaders round. There are few factory loadings, and they are expensive enough to prohibit the extensive practice necessary to become truly proficient with a rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leslie Sapp, post: 990276, member: 74272"] This.. Or buy one just like the one she has now in .260. My wife and I went through this evolution about 20 years ago. She was hunting with a full sized mod. 70 in .243 in the swamps of North Florida. She was killing game, but we rarely had an exit wound. We knew that it was just matter of time before a poorly shot animal was lost in the water and sawgrass, and the rifle was too barrel heavy for her anyway. We bought her a Rem. mod. 7 in .260, and it has killed every animal it's been fired at since, and we have never recovered a bullet from a carcass. I'm loading 120gr sierra pro hunters over varget for it now, and that little pencil barrel will shoot an honest 5/8" 5 shot group at 100 yards. One caveat: The .260 is a reloaders round. There are few factory loadings, and they are expensive enough to prohibit the extensive practice necessary to become truly proficient with a rifle. [/QUOTE]
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