EDELWEISS
AH enthusiast
My new bride has decided she wants to try hunting (actual hunting not just tagging along). We've scheduled a Texas Wild Boar hunt in January. We'll be in a blind together so I'll be able to back her up. She has taken well to shooting my Glocks and did amazing with a G35 in 357SIG at 200m. The only rifles she's fired so far are a 10/22 and a AR. She did fine; but complained the AR was "heavy". We she right it is heavy (at least heavier then it needs to be).
The Ranch where we are hunting no longer allows 223s for hogs, because he had a rash of lost/wounded animals a couple years ago. He will allow 300Blackout but only out to 50m. I have a AR in 300Blk and a AAC/Remington Model 7. I think we'll be fine for the Texas hunt; but Im looking forward to other hunting. So Im looking for options that are "lightweight' and a cartridge for medium game (Hogs to Whitetail). Id like to stay away from semi autos as we may hunt in no semi areas.
Im thinking maybe something like a Ruger No1 or an Encore or a Lever action or maybe one of the "lightweight" bolt guns. Cartridges that come to mind are 243, 6.5x55, 7mm-08, or maybe 7x57. Im seriously open to other options, including pistol cartridges like 44mag, or 454C. I even thought about black powder loads in 45-70. My problem is I dont have anything for her to "try" in those cartridges. My armory jumps from 223 to 308 and bigger.
Thoughts?
The Ranch where we are hunting no longer allows 223s for hogs, because he had a rash of lost/wounded animals a couple years ago. He will allow 300Blackout but only out to 50m. I have a AR in 300Blk and a AAC/Remington Model 7. I think we'll be fine for the Texas hunt; but Im looking forward to other hunting. So Im looking for options that are "lightweight' and a cartridge for medium game (Hogs to Whitetail). Id like to stay away from semi autos as we may hunt in no semi areas.
Im thinking maybe something like a Ruger No1 or an Encore or a Lever action or maybe one of the "lightweight" bolt guns. Cartridges that come to mind are 243, 6.5x55, 7mm-08, or maybe 7x57. Im seriously open to other options, including pistol cartridges like 44mag, or 454C. I even thought about black powder loads in 45-70. My problem is I dont have anything for her to "try" in those cartridges. My armory jumps from 223 to 308 and bigger.
Thoughts?