huccl wrote:Maybe look at the .243 Win? Start out on light 55gr pills to get used to it and move up to 95gr-100gr once you're on top of it.
.243 is good, my only comment would be that it's not large enough to legally shoot certain deer in certain states. Not sure about QLD off the top of my head?
You could look at 7mm-08. Much friendlier than the .270.
You can load 120gr pills which are recoil friendly, 140gr is legal for all deer everywhere AFAIK, and if you wanted to go up to heavy 170gr pills for... whatever.
Less recoil for you but still a humane hunting calibre with the mid-heavy pills.
I've dabbled with a few calibres over the years from .22 up to 300 win mag and come back to 7mm-08 as the best all rounder.
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