Reloading for Weatherby cartridges

[savagedasher]

You need to get two a 223 for playing and learning to shoot with low recoil. And a 308 for hunting. Both are made with a youth stock . That doesn't mean you must still shorten the stock . Keep woman and children away from recoil . Larry

 

[Zero333]

Take them to the store and let them choose. I like the tikka (have enough Salvages). But Savage does make a Lady Hunter rifle in 243win 6.5 Creedmoor and 7mm08. It's not a bad looking rifle.

The Savage Lady Hunter is made to fit Lady's better, cause their bone structure is different than ours.

 

[savagedasher]

Take them to the store and let them choose. I like the tikka (have enough Salvages). But Savage does make a Lady Hunter rifle in 243win 6.5 Creedmoor and 7mm08. It's not a bad looking rifle.

The Savage Lady Hunter is made to fit Lady's better, cause their bone structure is different than ours.

I don't care who makes the gun. Just get one that fits . Recoil should be considered also .
Larry

 

[Bloodtrailer]

Yep, I've made that mistake a couple of times.

But if she didnt like it, that would mean another gun in my cabinet , right?

 

[tcob68]

I'll back Zero333 on the Savage Lady Hunter. I bought one for my wife, who is 5'3", in 6.5 Creedmoor and she absolutely loves it! It's remarkably accurate and ammo is inexpensive if a person doesn't reload their own. Felt recoil is very light in the lady hunter also. By the way, she also has a Weatherby MK V in 240 Wby and she likes it but not as much as the Lady Hunter

 

[CTK]

FWIW, I started my 7 year old son with a Savage Axis Youth 7mm-08 (using reduced loads) . It shoots great. Wish had bought the Tikka Youth. The Tikka could have become a great 20" woods gun later in life with the simple addition of a new stock. The Savage will probably be a gift to someone else's kid later in life.

 

[Tommie]

The 240 Weatherby will have twice the recoil energy of the 243 Win.

243 Win. (100 at 2960) 8.8 lbs/ft recoil energy

.240 Wby. Mag. (100 at 3406) 17.9 lbs/ft recoil energy

http://www.chuckhawks.com/recoil_table.htm

I would think for your daughter the 243 would be better unless she is an experienced shooter used to the recoil.

As comparison to the .30-06
.30-06 Spfd. (150 at 2910) 17.6 lbs/ft recoil energy

I'm calling"B.S." on the recoil numbers listed on that site. Double the recoil of a 243 Winchester? A 240 Weatherby has more recoil than a 257 Weatherby? More recoil than a 6.5X284? More than a 270 Winchester? How does a lighter bullet in front of a lower powder charge produce more recoil? Something smells there.

 

[M-61]

I'm calling"B.S." on the recoil numbers listed on that site. Double the recoil of a 243 Winchester? A 240 Weatherby has more recoil than a 257 Weatherby? More recoil than a 6.5X284? More than a 270 Winchester? How does a lighter bullet in front of a lower powder charge produce more recoil? Something smells there.

+1
I guess you can get numbers to show whatever you want. To further your answer I have a 257Weatherby, a 6.5x284 and a 30-06.
Chuck Hawks has his numbers and I have my shoulder. Perceived recoil for me is simple. The 257 is the lightest of the three in rifle weight. It is the lightest of them in perceived recoil by far. It's only drawback is on your ears. There isn't any way I can see a 240Weatherby being close.

 

[SheepDog]

The Ruger American has removable butt stock so you can have a short youth stock, a standard stock and a Monte Carlo style stock and interchange them without removing the action from the stock. They are a low dollar gun with a purely utilitarian plastic stock but they seem to be very accurate. Probably not something for the ladies but you can have a gun to start the grand kids on.

 

[CJ6]

Of your 2 choices 240 Wea. or 243 Win. The 243 is what I'd go with. WAY easier to get loaded ammo or brass for that matter, and NO BELT to deal with (a pet peave of mine).

 

[wholman]

I don't if it is still made but got my wife
a browning a bolt microw madallen 243.
Now our daughter uses it fits them well