The Right One For Me

[Texasm1976]

243 is a real good gun. I have shot a lot of deer with one but what if you decide to go after some larger animals. You might want to think about a 270 or 7mag but then again just another reason to buy another gun lol! Oh and for scopes I like a 3.5x14x50. The 50 will draw in more light for those sneaky hogs right at dark.

[PinkMathewsGirl]

243 is a real good gun. I have shot a lot of deer with one but what if you decide to go after some larger animals. You might want to think about a 270 or 7mag but then again just another reason to buy another gun lol! Oh and for scopes I like a 3.5x14x50. The 50 will draw in more light for those sneaky hogs right at dark.

I like the way you think!! I always need reason to buy more hunting things!!

[Texasm1976]

I like the way you think!! I always need reason to buy more hunting things!!

You never can have to many guns! The one with the most toys wins!

[18ncs]

I'll throw another vote in for the .243. It's a caliber that has been around for years and not going anywhere. You can buy ammo everywhere even in the smallest store in the smallest town. I have seen it for sale in a gas station in hunting country before. That's important because you might head to your hunting grounds someday and forget your ammo. Don't ask me how I know this!

Which country story has the ammo will eventually be most important

243 is a real good gun. I have shot a lot of deer with one but what if you decide to go after some larger animals. You might want to think about a 270 or 7mag but then again just another reason to buy another gun lol! Oh and for scopes I like a 3.5x14x50. The 50 will draw in more light for those sneaky hogs right at dark.

Does not sound like PMG is going to stop at just one gun and 243 is a good place to start.

Rem 700
Wood stock or pink synthetic
Vortex
243...unless you want to practice head shots then 22-250

Sounds like this is just the beginning for your future gun collection. Always buy good arms and keep them. They can be a good investment. Just remember you make your profit when you buy, not sell.

[txfireguy2003]

I'm going to chime in here as well. I also say a .243 in Remington 700 flavor. That's what I bought for Kaitlin and she loves it. For a small framed lady like yourself, I'd get a youth stock for it. I got a stock for hers from here, but it came from Stocky's. They have a large selection of stocks there for decent prices. Most are pretty much a "plug and play" proposition, but may require slight modification. Don't worry about that though, the stock I got needed nothing more than a little sand paper in the barrel channel to free float the barrel for better accuracy. This stock is technically an adult stock, but the length of pull (that's the length from the buttstock to the trigger and needs to fit the shooter) is about an inch shorter than my stock Remington 700's stock. The BEST way to figure out what length of pull is right for you is to handle many different rifles with different LOP measurements. If that's problematic though, you can measure from the inside of your elbow to the pad of your trigger finger with your hand held like you were holding a rifle, finger on the trigger. Now, take that measurement and subtract 1" and that will get you close to what you need. Still, there is no substitute from handling and preferably shooting several rifles to see which one fits you best. At 5 feet tall, I would bet you need a fairly short LOP, Kaitlin is 5'4" and cannot shoot my rifle comfortably, but hers, with a slightly shorter stock, fits her well. As far as glass, that all depends on your budget. I'm a Vortex Viper fan myself, Ziess Conquests are great as well, Minox have good reviews and so do the Meopta scopes. Nikon is good, Leupold used to be great, but I think their QC is slipping and the prices keep going up. Swarovski and Night Force are considered the cream of the crop, but you'll pay out the nose for one. They are WAY overpriced for what you get IMO, but tactical and competition shooters swear by them.

[hogbuster]

If you want a gun that you will love like you said above then browning xbolts are the only way to go browning has superior quality a little more expensive but well worth it and i would prolly go with the 243 or 22-250

[chester12]

25-06. I have seen 6 and 7 year old's drop huge rams with them, and the ram drops in it tracks.

[noflyzone]

my vote goes to the .243 cartridge.

i have killed my biggest body deer (200lbs) and biggest body hog (250lbs) with a 243.

both dropped in their tracks from a 95grain winchester xp3.

i have had good luck with browning, remington, and weatherby vanguard rifles

if you are open to suggestion, you might consider the .25-06 mine has never let me down and the recoil is almost as light as a .243.

[Wudstix]

.270 and 7mm-08 are about the same balitically. 7mm-09 might have a bit less felt recoil. .243 has killed alot of deer, but on the low end for deer IMHO.

[jdubuzz]

Browning A-Bolt in the common .243 win or the 25.06 rem
If your looking for love. IMO

[chase15]

Weatherby 22-250 with a 3-9x40 leupold. I couldn't even begin to count the number of deer ive killed with that setup

[muzzyman]

The .243 is a good gun. I also like the 22-250.

[texanhoyt]

i lik 7mm-08 perfect round to me..or a 308, but any round will work lol

This is a great round my mom shoots one and she loves it.

[PinkMathewsGirl]

Well guys i finally made up my mind and got me an AMAZING GUN!!!!
.243 Remington 700 model, zeiss scope 4.5-14 50x!!!
Its my new baby to add to my collection of guns!!!

[tgil]

Sweet rig, nice glass!