Thread: 30-06 Freebie!

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And as posted to be on the safe side basic sight in and practice and leave the shooting for the game. You won't notice it.
Bit like when we were younger mucking about with 303s and brass butt plates.
My 8x57 without the stuff I mentioned started to let me know after about 15 or so shotsbof some euro 185 or.
If the packet was tight it would've been 2500ish fps for the slightly shorter barrel.
Anymore if I'd shot the full packet I'd have known about it the next day hut only just.
Not a super heavy gun either. Wood stock czech mauser with just under 22" barrel and stock.
Be careful and keep the majority of shooting to game.
I wasn't even really recoil sensitive I think.
Never did a lot of shooting off a bench either but did put a lot of shooting over the years with 1 1/4 loads out of a shotgun.
Usually down at the bunny hunt on rabbits.
The old A5 one year gave me the sorest shoulder I'd ever had but it was a good 4 or 5 packets and a another the same with the pump action. Shoulder was definitely sore the next day

Well done on getting your FAL, good to see in todays political climate. And lucky you in having a good mate thats keen to let you have a rifle to start hunting. And its a 30-06! Excellent calibre for knocking over big game. Despite all the well intended comments on here, theres only one way youre gonna find out if its the rifle for you, and thats to go and shoot it. It may very well have too much recoil for you, and likewise you may find shooting it is a breeze. If it has a decent stock that fits you, maybe a bit of weight, and shooting 150gn projectiles [or lighter] it could quite possibly be all you need. I hope so cos thats a very generous offer. If you do like it, and find the recoil is getting up there, then using some reloads that send a lighter projectile at about 2600/2700fps, and suppressing it, may make all the difference required.
Looking forward to progress posts and some cool gun pic's.