There are a couple of neat new deer hunting products that should be in local sporting good stores this summer. One could save you some money. The other may cost you a few bucks.

First, the money saver. Remington has a new line of centerfire cartridges called Managed Recoil.

They will initially be available in cartridges chambered for .270 Winchester, .30/06 and 7 mm Remington Magnum.

Simply put, the Remington ballistics team has done what many handloaders have been doing for years. They’ve loaded cartridges with lighter bullets and less powder to reduce recoil.

With lighter bullets and slower velocities, the .270 with Managed Recoil cartridges kicks about 10.7 foot pounds, more like a .243 than a .270.

That’s a significant reduction, and similar results are achieved in the other two calibers.

How does a slower, lighter bullet save money? It reduces recoil in standard hunting calibers to a level that most women and many children can comfortably handle.

Rather than purchasing a novice hunter a low-recoil .22-250, .243, or .260, they can shoot the same rifle Dad uses, with slightly different ammunition.

The other new product is aimed at the elite end of the hunting spectrum.

Leupold, one of the most trusted names in American optics, has a new aiming system for big-game hunters that’s available in its rifle scopes.

The system is called the Boone and Crockett Club Big Game Reticle.

Instead of one crosshair merging in the center of the scope, the Big Game Reticle has three horizontal bars below the primary crosshair.

The Big Game Reticle is available on Leupold’s VX-III series scopes and costs about $80 more than a standard reticle.