38-55

[tigercat]

would that make a good cartridge for deer for my 12 year old daughter who is real recoil sensitve shots would be under 100 yards thanks guys

[Lone Star]

If you handload I'd get a .44 Mag barrel and assemble lighter loads.  A 200 to 220 grain bullet at 1100 fps is plenty for a 100 yard deer with pretty low recoil.   That way as she grows she can use the same barrel with heavier loads.  Also easier to find and to sell later.   




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[eskimo36]

If you have or want a 38-55...get it.  It is a great old cartridge that in a TC can be loaded to 375 Winchester levels or to the mildest 38-55 loads.  I have a 38-55 and a 375 Winchester. 

[Hopalong7]

     My 10yr old grandaughter is getting the wanto's and we're looking at shootin' 357mags out of my 357Max Contender carbine.  We can start with 38's and go up from there.  A 357mag with the right bullet out of a 20" closed breech barrel will put the smack down on any deer at a reasonable range.

[martineta]

300 whisper.  Its a necked up 223 rem cartridge, (or 221 fireball).  I shoot 150 grain nosler ballistic tips that expand nice under lower velocity.  I have buddy that loads mine to 2200 feet per second.  I think without going and looking for the loading info its around 16.5 grains of H110 powder.  Same ballistics about as a 30-30 out to 150 yards but ,,,,,now the good part,,,,,almost zero recoil and very little noise.  Loaded with 220 sierra matchkings and subsonic 1000 feet per second, you get a deadly accurate load that makes as much noise as a 22 short.  I use it for head shooting suburban deer.  One shot and they fall down.  A guy raking his leaves 200 yards away would not hear the shot.  I do shoot out of tree stands.