Bought my gal her first rifle.

[turkey]

I just got done placing an order for my girls first rifle...it is a 7mm 08.

She is 26 years of age and will be using it to deer hunt with. It is the marlin bolt action which I am understanding is a remington now.

Anyone have any suggestions on which factory ammo has been performing good in this gun/set up?

I will have to sight it in for her...it is the youth size but more I keep reading about the 7mm 08 I just might have to get one for an adult!

Thank you for your help...will get it sighted in and give it to her on her birthday which is opening day of the Kentucky firearm season.

I know 308 ammo was much cheaper but I think the 7mm 08 was a better choice.

 

[choc-dog]

Great caliber choice. I would place a Siims vibration pad on the rifle for her just to be sure her shooting is enjoyable.

Chocdog

 

[black powder]

The 7 mm-08 Remington is almost a direct copy of a wildcat cartridge developed around 1958 known as the 7mm/308. As these names would suggest, it is the .308 Winchester case necked down to accept 7 mm (.284) bullets with a small increase in case length. Of cartridges based upon the .308, it is the 3rd most popular, behind only the .308 itself and the .243 Winchester.[1] In 1980, the Remington Arms company popularized the cartridge by applying its own name and offering it as a chambering for their model 788 and model 700 rifles.

use the 140 gr. bullet for deer

7mm-08 Remington PRA7M08RB 140 AccuTip, Boat Tail

 

[turkey]

its a shooting gun...tack driver marlin/remington youth gun