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 Re: Hunting gun for the boy .
[Re: Red Bone 936]
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09/25/14 10:20 PM
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same with me Railhead. My dad started me out with a 218 Bee the first 5-7 years (killed many a deer with it) before I bought my first rifle (243) with money I saved over the summer (no child labor laws back in the 60s). there wasn't any reduced recoil ammo nor all the various calibers we know of today.
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Re: Hunting gun for the boy .
[Re: Red Bone 936]
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09/25/14 10:28 PM
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THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER AND THE PARTY NEVER ENDS.
F##K YOU JOE BIDEN !!!!! F##K YOU KH !!!!!!
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Re: Hunting gun for the boy .
[Re: Ranch Dawg]
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09/26/14 12:08 AM
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nsmike
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The kid is 5'8 140 lbs I don't think a youth model is appropriate. I'm 5'7 and I can assure you that I don't use a youth length stock!
for every stereotype there's a prototype don't be the prototype
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Re: Hunting gun for the boy .
[Re: hook_n_line]
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09/26/14 01:09 AM
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Bad shots with a .300 can lead to a bad experience.. I started the kids out with a 7mm08 then downsized to a .243 for my daughter. I wanted to make sure she was profecient with a rifle first. Bad shots with a .243 can lead to a bad experience. The 7mm08 is more forgiving and have controlled recoil loads on the market.
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Re: Hunting gun for the boy .
[Re: Red Bone 936]
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09/27/14 10:52 AM
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Bowhunt66
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I moved my son from youth 223 to my mohawk 243 when he was about 8 or 9. IMO, 243 is a great caliber
for young and old...
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Re: Hunting gun for the boy .
[Re: Red Bone 936]
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09/27/14 01:49 PM
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I think I'd get him a 243. Probably a Tikka T3 Lite or a Ruger Compact. Some years back I got the wife a Ruger Compact in 260. I liked it so much that it quickly became my favorite hunting rifle and caliber. I doubt that the 260 is available in either the Tikka or Ruger, so I'd go with the 243. It's an easily available caliber - gun and ammo.
And kdkane, I really enjoyed the pics of your kid with the critters. He looks like a great hunting partner.
Last edited by 603Country; 09/27/14 01:54 PM.
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Re: Hunting gun for the boy .
[Re: Red Bone 936]
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09/28/14 03:49 PM
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ryorgensen
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243 or the low recoil ammo in 25/06
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Re: Hunting gun for the boy .
[Re: Satch]
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09/29/14 12:52 AM
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My progression as a kid was this: 22-250 6mm rem 25-06 270 win 30-06 I still shoot the 22-250 more than any of my rifles and have killed countless deer with it and never lost one.  Love the 22-250, deer drop with this caliber, especially if neck shot...I would vote for a 25-06, as well if he was 13 to15 years old...a big kid can handle either one, though...just don't get him a caliber with too much felt recoil, because after all, developing a flinch too early in life is a bad thing....
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Re: Hunting gun for the boy .
[Re: Railhead]
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10/01/14 06:14 AM
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I started mine with a .243 H & R handy rifle, he did good with it and now shoots .257 Roberts and wants a .270. When I was young, I was shooting either dads .30-30 or my grandfathers .30-06. There was never a discussion about "youth rifles" or reduced recoil ammo back then. If you couldn't hold it, you had to stay at camp.
And no matter how hard it whacked, you smiled and couldn't wait till you got to shoot it again.
The Greatest Enemy of knowledge is not ignorance,
it is the illusion of knowledge.--Stephen Hawking
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