
Size your rifle according to the game you will hunt, your size and the size of ammunition you want to shoot. Learn how to size your rifle in this free sports video.
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"When you're choosing or sizing a rifle the things you need to take into consideration is what you're hunting, what you're interested in, how big of a person you are, the length of the stock. For example if you're a very large person or a tall person with a long reach a longer stock is going to be more comfortable for you. If you're really short and small a shorter stock is going to be comfortable for you because of the way it fits right onto your cheek right there and the amount of or the distance between a scope and your eye and the way your cheek even rests on the, rests on the stock of the gun. Other things to consider are how; you know how big of a gun do you want to hunt with. I don't mean size of the gun, but size of the cartridge. If you're hunting nothing but antelope or a small deer or deer anyway in that consideration, or in that aspect, a large gun, a heavy powered rifle such as a 7mm magnum really isn't very necessary. It's overly adequate I guess is what you might say. It'll do the job, no problem, but you can get away with using something like a 223 cartridge that has less kick and will take a deer down just the same. A larger; you know a larger gun such as this, a 308 or 338, is going to have larger knock down power for larger game. That's really all there is to it."
Expert Village: Dan Bergman
Video Series: Sports & Fitness
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