i'm in the market for a gun, a big gun

I've been wanting to get a gun to go hunting for some time. A friend of mine is a gun collector and has been helping me to find what i want and what would best suit me.

Remington 760

Yesterday on the way back from a photo shoot Latrell and i stopped off at his house to try our a Remington 740 in both .308 and 30-06 Cal's and a Remington 760 .308

Remington 740

Latrell and i shot off about 40 rounds between us trying out the different guns, We where shooting at 6 inch targets from 300 yards. Latrel has a little bit more experience as she shots a M16 and a Saw for the National guard i have only ever shot once before and that was with the ruger 10/22. We also had a go with a lever action .22 which was a fun gun.

Both of us a little tender today but nothing like what i thought i would be. You hear all these stories about how a 30-06 will fl out of your hand and kick your butt. I was expecting the thing to nearly blow my arm off and be in allot of pain after the first shot.

All in all i preferred the 740 but in the 308 cal version. mainly because the pump action on the 760 i felt i was over stretching and therefore not comfortable , There seems to be very little in the amount of kick from a 308 and a 30-06 it is noticeable but in my opinion negligible. I felt both Latrell and i where a little more accurate in hitting our targets and yes we did hit them and hit them hard than with the 30-06.

Jim suggested we try a 30-30 and a .243 in two weeks time and then after that make our final decision. All i can say is watch out Deer and Watch out hogs the Olners are coming !

On another note on hunting i cam across a video on YouTube where a young land of about 14-15 was shooting a Hawk and laughing about it. I've since reported it to Operation Game Thief and am waiting on there report. I have never seen anything so irresponsible as i had in the video. I really do hope the game warden for that area catches the youth and the youth is really punished.