if one has to worry about recoil then the rifle specs are wrong. i use a winchester mod 70 in 300 wsm and it shoots pretty tame for a magnum, im only 65 kg and 77 yrs of age.
a 20 inch barrel is not user friendly.
ill be in nz in feb next yr and thought a stripper red stag hunt would be just the berries. needs two other hunters, chopper in n walk out or fly out. ill supply rifle so thats an easy part.
let me know if interested.
well do tell what it cost you, very interested. its just that simply by flying down under one can have a lot of fun hunting in the south island of nz, no lottery tickets, no checkerboards, no limit etc simply a paradise
just about pmed you yesterday to see what you were doing with the place, n today this post jumped out at me. keep up the good work.
my motto is to leave a place better for the future, obviously yours too.
in 1970 i brought a sako vixen 222, at the time i was working for the environmental division, the west coast of the south island in NZ gets a tremendous amount of rain but i cleaned it every night and left a pull thru on the bolt which was used before the next hunt i went on. ive had stainless...
i brought a 300wsm for a reason, its a 200 meteres better 308. mine has a 26 inch pipe, a lightweight muzzle break that is aluminium and weights nothing.
hunting tahr on the east side in a howling norwester gives you a certain advantage with the extra speed, i believe wyoming and montana have...