Hey I want a new rifle but I'm 5'4 about 140 lbs.?

Question

I was thinking about a 300wsm, 270wsm, or 7mm wsm.

Could I handle the recoil on them I can shoot a 12 gauge piece of cake so please help me.

Answer 1

any wsm has kick...big time...they come out so fast the recoil of the vacuum of air replacing the barrel gives it some major recoil.  As a side: I personally think that any WSM's are fads and will not be around in 10 or so years, and you will have a hard time getting ammo.  I personally would recommend 30-06 spring 308 win or 270 win.  They will kill all the same as your WSM's and have are tried and true...although much different ballistics.

Answer 2

Recommendations:

.270

.30-06

Great for most situations

Answer 3

if you can handle a 12 guage 2 3/4 inch slug you can handle anything up to 270 or light loaded ought 6 if you can handle a 12 guage 3 inch you can handle anything up to a 300 win mag if you can handle a 12 guage 2 1/2 inch slug you can handle anything up to a 338 win mag just as an easy future reference point  

Answer 4

Your size and the amount of recoil you can handle have nothing to do with each other. Smaller people shoot 458 Lott and 500 NE. What you do want, though, is to make sure the gun fits. If the length of pull is too long, it'll be misery to shoot. You won't find one at Wal-Mart and probably not at the big sporting goods stores, but a gunsmith who knows his business can probably help you with fitting, and can shorten a stock for you if need be. Some rifles, like the Remington Model 7 carbine and the Ruger 77 Compact, have short stocks and may fit as is.

Answer 5

Look closely at the remington managed recoil loads for 30-06, 308, 270 and others. With full loads you can kill all  types of big game in thr lower 48.

The lower power loads work well for white tail and smaller game and for target work.

Both are supposed to be similar tragstory at 100 yards.

Answer 6

If you can shoot a 12 gauge 3 inch magnum slug no problem, you can handle any of those cartridges just fine.

Answer 7

Don't let the word MAGNUM hype you into something.  Fan the smoke away and look at some real standbys that do it all and let you have some fun.  30-06 and 8mm Mauser and 762x54R, just mention a few.  For a lot of fun buy one of those Mosin-Nagant 91/30 rifles for $ 69.00, clean the cosmoline out of it, buy a case or two of ammo and have more fun than a barrel of monkeys.  The Mauser K98 costs a few more bucks but can be fun, too.  Ditto the P-17 Enfield and A3O3.  

Answer 8

All you really need is the gun and caliber that does it all.* The 30-06 is your best choice, because you have a greater variety of bullet weights to choose from with it.* It will harvest any Big Game in North America since 1906.* Magnums are totally unnecessary, because the vast majority of all Game is harvested within 100 yards or less.* Mags are a waste of time, and $$$.*

Answer 9

Never had the pleasure of shooting the other two calibers, but I know for a fact that 7mm kicks like a freakin' mule.  I'm 5'10" and close to 200lbs, shot .308s, 12ga. slugs out of short barrel shotguns, etc...  The 7mm kicked hard enough to make it an unpleasant gun to shoot without any additional shoulder padding.  

Hope this helps.

Answer 10

You didn't say what your old rifle is. But since you are nosing around the Magnums, this suggests several possibilities. 1) That you are sometimes shooting across mountain canyons and wind deflection is a problem. 2) Or that you are a long range varminter, and wind deflection is again a problem. 3) That you envision going after large Grizzlies as the top end of your game spectrum. 4) You like the idea of the bragging rights of owning a Magnum. Nothing at all wrong with any of those! But 300WSM is the best choice for all of the above reasons. If you handload, you can use that reloading manual to select the very most power you feel comfortable with, and can shoot well, plus select the very best bullet for the job at hand. For any reloader with a mailbox, there is no such thing as an ammo shortage, or overly expensive ammo either. A "lifetime supply" bag of brass drops to the wholesale price level. You can use the reloading tutorials in either Hornady or Speer manuals to duplicate 30-30 deer woods loads, or 220 grain full steam Grizzly loads, or anything in between. http://www.midwayUSA.com/ and their Google competitors have everything you will need including the manuals! Regards, Larry.

Answer 11

Heath I makes a good point about cartridge availbility in 10 years.  Target, competition, and hunters in the US account for only 6% of the total ammo production.  We don't have much of a voice.  Used to be ammo manufacturer's dummied down their load 1% to 3.5% per year to account for the age of the guns and after 20 or so years the cartridge was considered obsolete.  Back then you carried a firearm 24/7 and when dad didn't have it your older brother was out with - heavy use.  Now they put a disclaimer on the box - if you decided ot run a few boxes of 38Special +P+ in a 100 year old revolver - your bad.

These WSM's are a great choice for someone heading into serious country - they pack a mean punch and are physically lighter and take up less room in your day pack.  

When you compair the cost of a WSM to a very popular 243 or 308 - you will the more popular cartridges are also the less expensive.  If you are punching paper - trust me - the paper won't know the difference.

You will not have any issues with the recoil.  You won't want to shoot 4-5 boxes off in one day though.

Hope this helps