Compact, light (youth/small-frame) rifles?

[TiminTN]

Another vote for CVA Scout. 7mm/08, or 6.5 Creedmoor

 

[knightrider]

Cva hunter! Nothing better for a compact light stalking/ youth gun

 

[infoman jr.]

I have an AR, but with its 20" bull barrel and scope, it's going on 10lbs and too heavy for any of my boys to use.

Buy a lighter upper?

 

[MODEL7FAN]

Remington 7 243,260,6 Remington, 7-08

 

[Methane]

Doesn't fit your requirements, but you just can't go wrong with a lever action .30.30. Small, compact, easy to shoot. This is what my dad started me with when I was 8. A couple years ago I started hunting with it again and I love it. I use iron sights and I kill deer out to 120 yds. (I'm hunting woods mostly, so I prefer not to use a scope.)

 

[gatodoc]

Savage lite hunter model 116 in 243 would be a good fit and very reasonable..

 

[redblood]

Ruger stainless compact in 243

 

[PossumSlayer]

I am looking at Ruger compact 350 legend for my grandson. Weight 6# and very low recoil.

And seems to be the only deer hunting ammunition available.

 

[Tn_Va_Hunter]

my son has a savage 110 light weight in 6.5 creedmoor. He loves. Light enough he can carry it easy. It's a tack driver.

 

[megalomaniac]

Not sure what the old Rem 700 Ti models are going for, but I bought one in 7-08 for the kids and dropped it into a wood stock that I chopped off to 12in LOP. Downloaded it to 2200fps with 120g BT's.

Prob an easier option today would be to pick up a short barreled 300 blackout and drop in a child sized stock. You can often find old beater wood stocks for $25, so no harm if you trash it once they grow out of it.

 

[infoman jr.]

Not sure what the old Rem 700 Ti models are going for,

A lot...