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Originally Posted by fishinpox
Looking at getting my wife a hunting rifle. She has a bad habit of closing her eyes b.4 pulling the trigger when she fires my rifle (270wsm) because of the recoil . I think it scares/ hurts her. While in Africa she used a 243 that had a suppressor ... No issues , minimal recoil. So I figured I'd get her a tikka 243, but started looking at ballistics and noticed most 243 are 80-90 grain bullets and tend to drop like crazy on longer shots. So I started looking at tge 308 , much better. What is your thoughts?
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You can usually find a .243 load that meets your terminal performance criteria and drops a lot less then the .308 with a similar BC bullet. If I was setting up a .243 for a family member, I'd set them up with a 1 in 8" twist barrel to shoot 105 grain bullets. Depending on barrel length, muzzle velocities can be 2900-3000 ft/s. BCs are available up to 0.500. Much flatter shooting at longer ranges than .308 Win which will often be below 2500 ft/s with BCs of 0.500.
If you love the Tikka and can't get in a high twist barrel, the .260 Rem is available with a 1 in 8" twist that will shoot 130-140 grain high BC bullets with less recoil than the .308 and awesome long range potential. My daughter wants to build a .260 Rem for her shooting.