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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Have we discussed rounds in this mammoth of a thread?
After several years of success, I've finally failed to talk myself out of a Browning BAR; probably looking at a MK-II safari or something else equally 'classic' looking w/ a quality enough finish that it's worth passing down when I'm too old to go climbing trees.
My typical hunting round is a 7mm Rem-Mag and that !@#$er kicks HARD. Honestly, over the last few years its impacted my accuracy because I just flinch too much with it. I'm tired of that damn thing trying to take my arm off. But I REALLY like the round - dead flat, super fast and incredibly accurate.
Can't get a Mark II Safari in the 7mm though. So do I like the round that much? I hear the 30-06 is a much softer shooter than the 7mm rem mag and the .308 softer still.
So for a north american hunting rifle, is there really enough of a difference to care, at least in terms of performance. I'm leaning 30-06 just to take the strain off my shoulder and still be able to get a 'nice' enough gun to really take care of and have for the long-haul.
Christ that Mark III is ugly.
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There are a ton of different factors that affect recoil. Most notably are gun weight and barrel length. But there are a bunch of other design elements that I'm not physicist enough to understand. All this is beyond just the round.
So how does this help? It doesn't. I'd recommend finding a way to shoot the guns you are interested in, especially if you're looking at dropping serious coin on one or looking for an heirloom kind of thing.