Thread: Firearms for women

And the model 7 is always a good light base to start with if you want to rebarrel to something else .

I think arguing about calibers gets a little academic - most hunters won't use more than a couple of packets of ammo a year. For the average person, a rifle plus required bits, ear protection and some basic maintenance gear are the first purchases and that will come with a couple of boxes of ammo. Provided it's a half decent caliber capable of anchoring medium sized game animals it doesn't matter exactly what caliber it is. Plenty of ladies use .308 and do well, I have seen a few on the range using .223 and no complaints for that either. Put another way, it might say gucci or louis vuitton - but it's still a bag...

Getting onto a range with someone that knows what they are about and getting proficient so you can plant the pill within a few target squares of where you are aiming it is more important than the actual name and numbers on the box of ammo, as does knowing what the ammo does when you shoot it in that rifle. The only way to do that is shoot it.

Whatever the caliber, make sure it's readily available in your area in a flavour that works well in the rifle and buy a couple of hundy rounds and spend the first half on the range getting used to the thing and working the bugs out. Then go hunting.