I always thought my 7mm had way less kick than my 30-06. I just hated to sell it. Could not get rid of the 30-06 fast enough lolBefore i start i will warn you i deffinetly am not a rifle guy i don't have barley any knowledge on ammunition for rifles. I purchased this rifle because i want to start doing some target shooting at around 200 yards for fun every once and awhile, i understand i didn't need a 30 06 for this but it was on clearance at bass pro and figured why not. im not concerned to much about ammo prices unfortunately i don't get out a whole lot with my work schedule
I purchased a savage rifle last year in 30-06 from bass proshops the guy at the counter said he was gonna do me a favor and give me a deal on some ammo scince i bought the rifle he sold me 2 boxs of Remington corelokt 220 grain.(i feel maybe he had to much of an odd load and pawned it off on me)
I am 5'9 240lbs i am fairly sturdy person but when i shot these things i thought i was going cry(a little exaggeration) but really it hurt. i deff only shot maybe 10 and went to shooting my handguns.
I know people are gonna say why a big caliber gun for shooting or get a 22 but i just want to find a bullet that will let me shoot it fairly comfortably does the smaller grain bring the recoil down? i noticed that that seems to be on the higher number for grain when looking up that caliber. not sure if that is necessarily the deciding factor on recoil.
i know this is long winded for a simple question but ive been at work 18 hours a day for the past week and feel like ive been released back into the wild lol so i have diarrhea of the mouth.
Thanks for your help
Dan