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There are several great options...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 11:50

On the practical side it begins with the .327 Federal (will do a lot more than you'd think if she's really recoil sensitive) and I really like the .300 GNR (full equal of the .30 Herrett) which is so much fun to make ammo. We got 2300 fps from a 125 gr. easily. The .357 Maximum has a lot of practicality since she can practice with her revolver ammo too! But at high end .357 Maximum levels it bucks a bit. I have a 10" and shoot a 200 gr. at 1650 fps, about .41 Magnum class recoil in my old G1 chassis.

Some of the others you really lose efficiency in those few inches dropped and the blast and recoil mount. My 14" (12"+2" braked) 7mm GNR is fantastic and zero recoil with the brake. A .256 Falcon would do too, with or w/o a brake, and bit longer barrel.

The Raptors are very efficient too but with 10" barrel and really small bullets you have a tipping point. I'd like the 6.5 Raptor with that very short barrel and probably 100 gr. bullets. If you are a .25 guy who would notice .257" vs. 264"? I have a .240 Raptor and really like it but that 85 gr. from a 10", not sure about ballistics. The smaller the bore and the higher the fps per inch of barrel performance drops. I would not be surprised around 300 fps drop. Those .243 pills are pretty tough skinned too. My .240 Banshee (much smaller case on the improved K-hornet) ran the 75 gr. at 2250 fps from a 13".