OK, so the season is over and I have a monster on my hands.
Before season started he shot the 6mm and loved it. During the season he used that when we were sitting. Then he decided that it was too heavy to carry through the woods with the Monte Carlo stock and big bull barrel. He traipsed through the woods with dad's 760 carbine and had no issues carrying it a couple miles. He did see some deer at 150 yards but they were in the direction of the people we were driving the deer towards so he did not shoot.
The next morning he used the 760 again and shot at, but missed a big doe at 225 yards. I asked him if it had much recoil and he said not too bad. It is a 7 pound 30-06 shooting 150gr Nosler ballistic tips.
All is well and good, Palmetto had a good deal on a black Friday AK he can carry in the woods and plink with. He said he will sit on the point with the 30-06 or 6mm, but he likes the bolt action (FN) on the 6mm better and the 6mm has a ranged scope out to 550 yards. It is point blank at 250 for white tail and is set on that most of the time. He said he may get a 6mm or .243 some day when he has enough money since he does not know the PSA is coming for Christmas.
The kicker is, and it really pains me to say this, he does not like his sisters Marlin lever action 30-30. I am not sure where this came from, where did I go wrong?
