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When I was first getting Roman into hunting
Thursday, May 10, 2018, 09:41

he was very recoil sensitive. (He'd die for me to say that now) I had almost ruined him as a 5 yr. old letting him shoot a 5 lb. .410 shotgun. To a 65 lb. kid that KICKS! He would shoot a .22 afterward but basically didn't trust me anymore. Just the way he was wired.

Recoil sensitive Roman today, shooting a Reeder Custom Encore in .500 Nitro Express!

We finally worked our way back up and when he was about 14-15 he began shooting things but still didn't like recoil at all. Irv and Gary helped me get Roman set up with a Reeder Custom tapered 7mm-08 Encore 14+2" braked barrel. While the muzzle flash and blast will run a heard of Haints into a pile of pigs, the recoil is nothing at all. I mean really, really, nothing if even in the .223 class. It must have something to do with the amount of gases in proportion to the bore. The 120 gr. bullets easily exceed 2500 fps with starting loads.

I mated the Encore frame to a Choate M4 Type AR pistol grip buttstock with 6-position LOP stops. The barrel will manage either pistol or Carbine forends. This rig will suit not only Roman, Tori, and Benjamin as they move up in ranks but would be perfect for anyone, even me! 7X57 Mauser power in a zero recoil package with a platform to accommodate all arm lengths. A perfect factor ammo chambered rig, the 7mm-08.

Roman progressed to a 7mm-08 handgun to take his first game animal at HHC. The gun was superbly accurate and strong but I never liked the loading/unloading procedure.

Last year he took HIS hunting handgun. A Reeder Custom G2 in .30 GNR with Burris 2-7X shooting 150 gr. bullets at 2400 fps. More than a match for this Black Hawaiian Ram. Likely the beginning of a collection.