#2020360 - 08/06/10 07:39 PM
Re: Need Help on Youth Caliber!!!
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white65
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my advice is tht if u know the shot she is going to take is 150 yards or less try a 30-30 i have killed two deer with my 30-30 and love it they are youth sized and the recoil is a small step above a .22 but the only problem is after 150-200 yards the bullet just dies. I am 16 years old and shot my dads 30-30 at 11 for first time and it was fine to me. but for something of more range i'd say the .243.
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#2020488 - 08/06/10 09:26 PM
Re: Need Help on Youth Caliber!!!
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X_2.....unless she is of real small frame and allready intimidated by recoil.....nothing is worth gun fear and if that is the case then go with the 243.
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#2020619 - 08/06/10 11:53 PM
Re: Need Help on Youth Caliber!!!
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dont know nothing about the 7-08 but the 243 is a good deer rifle especially for kids
i couldn't disagree more. i know lots of deer are killed every year by kids with the 243 but it is more of an experienced shooter's gun with little margin for error. the 7mm-08 is THE BEST light recoil youth round ever made.
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#2020622 - 08/06/10 11:57 PM
Re: Need Help on Youth Caliber!!!
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smstone22
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They are all good and they will all work with decent marksmanship and good bullet selection. If it was my kid, it would be a .260. I just like 6.5mm, use mine all the time.
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#2020632 - 08/07/10 12:22 AM
Re: Need Help on Youth Caliber!!!
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Not sure how old your daughter is but, my son was six years old last year when he killed his first deer. I bought him a Remington youth model 700/.243. It has very little recoil. He uses the Federal 85 gr hollow points for a little extra help as far as devestation. The deer didn't run 20 yards and fell over. I also bought me a 7/08 in the same model. It has a little more recoil but it is not bad at all. (For a kid) I figure to let him graduate into this gun when he is ready. But the youth model is great when their small as far as the lenth of the stock goes.
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#2020636 - 08/07/10 12:27 AM
Re: Need Help on Youth Caliber!!!
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Where I usually hunt is very thick so I started my nephews out with a Ruger .44 mag. The gun was short enough to be confortable for them and it had plenty of knock down.
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#2020637 - 08/07/10 12:33 AM
Re: Need Help on Youth Caliber!!!
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Another thing buy a quality gun. I sighted my friends sons single shot.243 in last year and it kicked pretty bad. And im a pretty good size fella. Think it was a NE Firearm but not sure.
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#2021304 - 08/07/10 08:52 PM
Re: Need Help on Youth Caliber!!!
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I traded a sks for a rossi 243 for my wife to shoot and it had more recoil then my 30-06. sold it fast and just let here use my gun. As far as little kids we let 2 of my nephews use our 30-06 and let them shoot the remington managed recoil shells for a season
Edited by arctic_cat (08/07/10 09:15 PM)
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#2022495 - 08/08/10 10:00 PM
Re: Need Help on Youth Caliber!!!
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Awesome!
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