My wife has long been a pistol shooter but only shot a scoped rifle 3 or 4 times. That said my local dealer knowing she likes camo stuff recently showed her a Remington R-25 in .243. Yep she wanted it, so Saturday we picked it up and mounted a Nikon 4.5x12 Coyote Special on it. Added a larger tac latch for her convenience, took it home and rough sighted it. DPMS mag provided with rifle needed some feed lip adjustment in order to get it to work.
Went back out today and put it on paper to fine tune it. While she is not a tack driver with it she is able to hit cans at 200 yards consistently, guess I need to get her a better trigger now and see how well she can do.
She really is proud of her new rifle and I gave her a winchester bolt .243 as a companion to the R-25. She just wants to know when she can shoot her rifle again. She says she is ready to go after some feral hogs now. I think I have created a monster in my home.
Rifle for my wife
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....243 is real popular amongst the deer hunters 'round here...glad to see your wife into shooting... 
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Does she have a sister ? ok,,I am kidding,,,as for the tack driving,,I think if you try some different ammo and see what the gun likes to eat,,you will find one that works better,,that is a fun gun, get her a helicopter hunting trip !!!
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What size cans are you shooting at 200yds? Coffee cans are pretty big, but coke cans at 200yds is pretty darn good. I think some more trigger time and try a few types of ammo would be a better investment than a new trigger.
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Soda cans were the targets and as far as other ammo types that will come. Have better trigger in my rifle and she did notice the difference.
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Sidro wrote:Soda cans were the targets and as far as other ammo types that will come. Have better trigger in my rifle and she did notice the difference.
Got ya...party on.
"I am a Free Man, regardless of what set of 'rules' surround me. When I find them tolerable, I tolerate them. When I find them obnoxious, I ignore them. I remain free, because I know and understand that I alone bear full responsibility for everything I do, or chose not to do."
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That's fantastic! Sounds like she's doing great!!
Kudos to you for helping cultivate her interests and being so supportive. It's pretty neat to be able to share new endeavors with a spouse. I think you've got a very good "problem" with that "monster"!!!
Kudos to you for helping cultivate her interests and being so supportive. It's pretty neat to be able to share new endeavors with a spouse. I think you've got a very good "problem" with that "monster"!!!