Youth rifle?

[gutsnthegrass]

I ended up picking up the Savage model 11 youth with Nikon 3x9 package in 7-08.  Seems to be a decent little rifle, hope the boy likes it for Christmas.

[HUNT]

Take a look at the Remington Model 7.  I have one in 7mm-08 that my kids have grown up with.  Its shot antelope, deer and moose.  Its also one of my favorite rifle to shoot. 

[jackmaster]

my daughter hunts with a 7mm-08 my son has hunted with his synthetic savage 30-06 since he was 10. he wasnt a big kid at all and he would shoot it all day back then if i would have let him.... i am seriously looking into the rossi single shot rifles, the 243 up to the 270 only weigh 6,25 lbs up to 7.25 lbs which is super light, they are bad boy westside guns and did i mention they are SUPER LIGHT  that will be my next purchase 

[BOHNTR]

There was a time that Savage sold a youth version 110, rifle & scope combo, and offered a full size stock coupon for when the kid got bigger. I don't know if they still do that or not. They did when I bought one for my son when he was 9.... he is 21 now

[skeeter 20i]

You cannot beat an H&R single shot for kids in a .243. They struggle with accuracy on alot of guns becasue they can't hold up the weight in the front.  .243 single shot in a synethic stock, kids shoot like experts.  Great first gun and they can still use them to whack yotes after they get bigger.

Agreed that's what I started my youngest out on and it was a great gun for his age.

[724wd]

You cannot beat an H&R single shot for kids in a .243. They struggle with accuracy on alot of guns becasue they can't hold up the weight in the front.  .243 single shot in a synethic stock, kids shoot like experts.  Great first gun and they can still use them to whack yotes after they get bigger.

Agreed that's what I started my youngest out on and it was a great gun for his age.

i'm looking at the H&R survivor in .308 for my kids.  my daughter is for sure lefty, and my son is leaning that way!     i have no lefty guns!  the survivor has a bull barrel, making a 6.5 lb gun (7 with scope) so recoil is mitigated a bit, and with reduced-recoil rounds should make a handy package!  i'm not a fan of offhand shots for kids, so my shooting sticks will be the order of the day.  heck, I won't shoot without them unless absolutely necessary! 

i want to redo the stock in electric blue laminate and make it adjustable so i can shoot it, too!   

[huntnphool]

You cannot beat an H&R single shot for kids in a .243. They struggle with accuracy on alot of guns becasue they can't hold up the weight in the front.  .243 single shot in a synethic stock, kids shoot like experts.  Great first gun and they can still use them to whack yotes after they get bigger.

Agreed that's what I started my youngest out on and it was a great gun for his age.

i'm looking at the H&R survivor in .308 for my kids.  my daughter is for sure lefty, and my son is leaning that way!     i have no lefty guns!  the survivor has a bull barrel, making a 6.5 lb gun (7 with scope) so recoil is mitigated a bit, and with reduced-recoil rounds should make a handy package!  i'm not a fan of offhand shots for kids, so my shooting sticks will be the order of the day.  heck, I won't shoot without them unless absolutely necessary! 

i want to redo the stock in electric blue laminate and make it adjustable so i can shoot it, too!   

As a kid it was natural to hold the gun as a lefty for me but my dad taught me to shoot right, which didn't take long and I'm now glad he did it. Way more options for shooting right and kids can learn rather easily since they have not yet developed habits, you might consider it as well.

[724wd]

As a kid it was natural to hold the gun as a lefty for me but my dad taught me to shoot right, which didn't take long and I'm now glad he did it. Way more options for shooting right and kids can learn rather easily since they have not yet developed habits, you might consider it as well.

even with heavy left eye dominance?  i worry about shotgunning or pistol.  my daughter already shoots a left handed bow.

[Swatson]

My 9 year old killed his first buck this year with his Savage youth model 11 7mm-08.  It's a tack driver with 37 grains of H4895(Barnes TTSX 120gr) with minimal recoil.