elks96
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Well I am building/buying a rifle for my daughter. I really like the idea of keeping everyone in the family shooting the same ammo etc. As a result my wife and I both shoot .270s and use a 130 grain interbond hornady bullet as our go too bullet for deer and elk. Been doing this for over 15 years now. Nice part is we can shoot each others guns with only minimal changes in impact, but we do not have to track ammo, do not worry about the wrong shell in in the wrong gun and when there is a sale we buy bulk of one type instead splitting etc.
My daughter is 10 and wants to go on a bear hunt next spring and possibly hunt hogs etc. I really like the idea of sticking with a 270 as opposed to getting something else smaller like a 243 etc. i would prefer to buy one gun for her to use forever as opposed to a temporary gun.
I have the option in my budget to go one of 2 routes. If I go with a .270 I can easily get a muzzy break for the gun. I know this help recoil, but my daughter is very sensitive to noise. She has been extremely afraid of loud noises since she was little. I know no matter what she will want hearing protection, but I am afraid that the louder noise from the break might make her worse off than just the additional kick. On the flip side I have also been wanting to try a silencer. I can get one and we can thread and share it amongst my daughters, wifes and my rifles as needed. This is supposed to take away a bunch of recoil and greatly reduce noise.
Which way would you go? For the cost of the silencer I could get a second gun. However there is something to be said about hearing protection. I know some states do not allow silencers, but the ones we plan to hunt all allow them...
Good bad or am I a moron?
My daughter is 10 and wants to go on a bear hunt next spring and possibly hunt hogs etc. I really like the idea of sticking with a 270 as opposed to getting something else smaller like a 243 etc. i would prefer to buy one gun for her to use forever as opposed to a temporary gun.
I have the option in my budget to go one of 2 routes. If I go with a .270 I can easily get a muzzy break for the gun. I know this help recoil, but my daughter is very sensitive to noise. She has been extremely afraid of loud noises since she was little. I know no matter what she will want hearing protection, but I am afraid that the louder noise from the break might make her worse off than just the additional kick. On the flip side I have also been wanting to try a silencer. I can get one and we can thread and share it amongst my daughters, wifes and my rifles as needed. This is supposed to take away a bunch of recoil and greatly reduce noise.
Which way would you go? For the cost of the silencer I could get a second gun. However there is something to be said about hearing protection. I know some states do not allow silencers, but the ones we plan to hunt all allow them...
Good bad or am I a moron?