Recommendations for Your First Firearm

If you were going to buy your first rifle I would go with a .22 LR ( If you were a child). The rounds are extremely cheap and it has very little or no recoil. Now if you were a young adult or adult and is looking for your first gun I would go with a .223 Remington or Winchester. This gun has a little more recoil than a .22. Also the rounds are fairly cheap. It is used for medium game as the .22 is used for very small game. A .22 LR has a muzzle velocity of up to 1275 FPS. A .223 however has a muzzle velocity of up to 3200 FPS, and the bullet is bigger than a .22 LR. With a .22 you could kill nothing bigger than a fox or maybe even smaller than that. A .223 can take a small deer if you shoot in the right spot, it is actually a popular deer hunting rifle. Price range for .22 LR is very cheap actually! Around $100 to $200. Price range of an affordable .223 is around $300 to $600.


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.22 LR


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.223 Remington

Elk/Deer Hunting Anyone?

 There are many great elk hunting rifles! One good choice would be a 7mm mag. It does have a lot of recoil but it is very powerful. This is believed to be one of the best elk hunting rifles made. The rounds are a little bit expensive but has a very high performance! Something with a little less power would be a 25-06 or a .270. These can easily take an elk but again have less power. Other people think the 30-06 is the best. The 30-06 rounds are just a little bit cheaper. My opinion? I would use a .270 personally, this because with a .270 it does not have as much recoil and you can hunt just about anything with it ( Deer, Elk, Coyote, Varmint, ext. ) as with a more powerful round like a .30-06 would explode a small game animal! I have hunt deer with a .30-06 and that just about destroys a deer. It has over 17 pounds of recoil. The bullet is 180 grain. Same with a 7mm but a 7mm is a little bit smaller than a .30-06 but a 7mm is much higher velocity and is much more powerful than a .30-06. The .30-06 is the by far the most popular right behind the .270. The .270 is said to have better performance under certain conditions. The .270 has been voted for better accuracy and performance by several gun enthusiasts.


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.30-06


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7mm Rem Mag


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25-06


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.270 WIN

Varmint Hunting

Varmint hunting is basically small game or pest control. For your first varmint gun you could get a .22 LR. A .22 LR is very cheap to shoot about $0.04 a round. If you wanted to do a little more damage or take it more seriously I would get a .17 HMR. This round is smaller than a .22 but the velocity is about twice as more .22 LR= 1000FPS .17 HMR= 2375 FPS. A .17 HMR can also be used for medium game such as coyote or fox control. A very good varmint gun is also a .223. It will do the trick for any small or medium game. In some states you can deer hunt with it. If you have serious problems with pests and need a great varmint gun you could buy a .22-250. It is basically a super charged .22 round. It is over 4000 FPS. The round is pricey but extremely expensive. It will destroy any small game or pest problem you have.

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Coyote Hunting

So what is the best coyote gun? There are many different guns you can coyote hunt with. Other people have different opinions. Probably the top three are .22-250, .243, or .223. However some people go way smaller and decide to hunt a coyote with a .17 HMR. (Picture of shell above). So can a .17 HMR really kill a coyote? The answer is yes a .17 HMR flies about 2350 FPS. It is a small round but is extremely powerful for its class (rim fire). It is by far the highest most accurate rim fire round ever made. It is very capable of killing a coyote if you have a good shot. But the other calibers like the .22-250, .243 and .223 are all much bigger and powerful which make coyote hunting easier. Another great coyote round is the .17 Remington Fireball. The .17 RF is one of the most famous coyote rounds in the world. All will work for coyote hunting but check the prices of ammo listed below first. Here are the velocities of these calibers:


.22-250: 4224 FPS with the 40 gr- Ammo cost per round: $0.50 to $0.63
.243: 4058 FPS with the 55 gr-Ammo cost per round: $0.76 to $0.83
.223: 2950 FPS with the 69 gr-Ammo cost per round: $0.20
.17 HMR: 2350 FPS with the 20 gr-Ammo cost per round: $0.22 to $0.25
.17 Remington Fireball: 3975 FPS with 20 gr- Ammo cost per round: $1.19 to $1.74