Thanks...that's good info. My shooting days and reloading days are quickly approaching sunset but I'd like to get her set up with an excellent higher capacity (hogs) .308. I've reached that point where I'm more of an observer and coach than player but she loves hunting and shooting so I'd like to keep that tradition alive for her.If you don't hand load I would stay with an 18 or 20" barrel. When I was running a 16" barrel on an AR-10 the muzzle velocity with factory ammo would dip below 2600 fps which affected accuracy, in my experience .308 tends to like being in the 2600 fps range for best accuracy. I solved this issue by bumping up my loads and made the riffle a sub moa shooter.
She has members on both sides of the family that hunt so she'll have plenty of opportunity. Because of getting hit by a drunk driver in 1985 and the progressive vertebrae break down over time from a broken neck I'm pretty much done for any recoil over a .223.
Hunting and shooting is more than a form of entertainment in our extended family...it's a deep rooted tradition including her grandmother's job during the Depression was to shoot swamp rabbits and catch fish and seafood out of a Louisiana bayou to feed her brothers and one sister while the men went scavenging for work. Every son and daughter, save three, on both sides of the family which includes PhDs from prestigious universities know how to hunt...does hunt...and will continue to pass that tradition on to their kids.
Maybe it's time for an Amen.
Thanks...Bexar
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