Tommy Boy

Recoil is my biggest concern. As a kid many many years ago I shot my dad's 7MM. Not oly did it knock me on my butt, it flipped me over. I was about 11 or 12. A little thing at the time. Now, I am bigger. With the problems in my neck and having it plated. Cold weather kills me. I know that if I take a impact to my neck that I may not be able to much of anything. With that said, I am not giving up my life and say that I can't do anything. I just have to find a differnet way. My 6mm has no kick. The 30-06 710 does. I still want to take down an elk, bear, moose and bison before I die. Which is many years away, I pray. So I want something that will work for me. I will try and find the 30-06 comfortech around here. I just wish that places would let you shot them before you buy them. I will also check into the managed recoil loads. If I switch to the managed loads, will I have to resite in the 30-06 that I have? Tom

Hello there all. I am new to this site. It sure looks good. I am a 43 year old man who in Dec 2001 was in a car wreck. Since then, I have had 2 neck surgeries and many other attempts to fix thing's. None working so far. Oh well, life will go on. The bad part is that I have trouble shooting my hunting rifle. I have gone back to my old 6MM to hunt with. I now have to use a by-pod to hold it up, but I can still hit the side of a barn. I gave my 30-06 710 Remington to my son. It has to much kick for me now. The 6MM is not what I would call the best Elk rifle out there. I know it depends on where you hit it. But I still want to drop it close. I have about 40% use of my left arm. I have done some reading about the R1 and how little kick it has. But what does "Little" mean. I have seen the pricing for it. That is alot for me to try and find out that I can or can't shot it. I also haven't work for a year and a half. Trying to get retrain. I don't like this disabled stuff. It's scary. I have looked into buying a pistol to hunt with. But I am not a good shot with one. Let's just say that the side of the barn is safe. Nothing else is safe. I feel that to much training and pratice will be needed. Since hunting season starts on the 23rd, I will use my 6MM this year. But I am looking for a gun rifle to hunt with that can handle elk, moose and bison. The last two are only if I get the permits. Any help would be great. Tom

That's a nice moose. A friend of mine just go this moose Saturday. It had a 42" spread. No dry time shrinkage yet. They sure are big. This had more meet in the shoulder than most deer. Tom