smokey30725
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- Jan 11, 2012
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Hello all. I currently hunt with a synthetic stock Remington 7400 in 30.06. I killed my first deer with it and love the gun. My problem is that I have two kids that are getting near hunting age and the rifle will be a little much for them. Budgetary constraints mean I have to sell or trade the 30.06 in order to get something else. It will primarily be a white tail rifle but will have to pull duty as a varmint rifle as well. I hunt with a guy who shoots the managed recoil 30.06 loads in an identical rifle to mine but they don't reliably cycle the action. What do you guys think? Keep mine or get something different? It will have to be the stereotypical "do all" rifle for my family so I want to use sound judgement whichever way I go. Are there other lighter recoiling 30.06 loads that will reliably cycle in semi auto guns? I am shooting Federal 150 grain loads right now.