The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post

dakota.potts · March 10, 2013, 09:13 PM

We went out today to buy my brother a .22 rifle for his upcoming birthday. I've been interested in long range shooting and my dad's been researching it. So, long story short we came home with a Ruger 10-22 (my brother), a Smith & Wesson M&P15-22 in pink and black for my mom, and a Remington 700 in .308 for my dad and I. He also got a nice Nikon 4-12X scope.

Anyways, he qualified the highest marksman rank in the navy with an M14 and even had to qualify with it on full auto, so he's well aware that he can handle a .308.

I, on the other hand, have never shot a rifle above a .22lr.

Moving from our .380 handgun to his compact .40 S&W I psyched myself out for a while until I actually pulled the trigger and found that the big recoil was kind of fun (I still lose my weak hand grip on it sometimes though). I don't want to develop any kind of flinch shooting a rifle that's too large. I guess I'm just wondering if it's too big a round or if I'm psyching myself out like I did with the .40.

March 10, 2013, 09:13 PM	#1
dakota.potts Senior Member Join Date: February 25, 2013 Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Posts: 3,084	.308 Remington 700 for beginner? We went out today to buy my brother a .22 rifle for his upcoming birthday. I've been interested in long range shooting and my dad's been researching it. So, long story short we came home with a Ruger 10-22 (my brother), a Smith & Wesson M&P15-22 in pink and black for my mom, and a Remington 700 in .308 for my dad and I. He also got a nice Nikon 4-12X scope. Anyways, he qualified the highest marksman rank in the navy with an M14 and even had to qualify with it on full auto, so he's well aware that he can handle a .308. I, on the other hand, have never shot a rifle above a .22lr. Moving from our .380 handgun to his compact .40 S&W I psyched myself out for a while until I actually pulled the trigger and found that the big recoil was kind of fun (I still lose my weak hand grip on it sometimes though). I don't want to develop any kind of flinch shooting a rifle that's too large. I guess I'm just wondering if it's too big a round or if I'm psyching myself out like I did with the .40.