what my 11-year-old girl carries

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sisu:
Great job. Tell her congrats. Love to see young kids getting into the sport, especially girls they with more women in the shooting sports and hunting we have a chance against the antis.

Guy:
My youngest son started with a 6mm Rem 700 BDL, which was my first centerfire 33 years ago when Dad got tired of me borrowing his .30-06! :) Looks to me like you've got your daughter started off right! I like seeing the young ladies getting started in hunting.

For young John, I put it in a Remington Youth stock, so it fit him a lot better. He was 12 when he started shooting it and took this nice mulie doe with it at 13 with a 275 yard shot through the heart... :IBCOOL: Somebody's been coaching him... ;)

I think it's mighty important to start the kids with something they can handle. Something that fits, has a cushy recoil pad, and doesn't kick too darned hard. My son is 16 now, and almost 6' tall, so he's got the 6mm back in the original stock. I broke down and got him a new 3.5-10x Leupold for it too - and he's been using the same rifle for rockchucks too.

Taking kids hunting and shooting is a great thing! :)

Machias:
I hunted my first two boys with a Marlin 30-30, they did well with it,but my third son was a bit smaller in stature. So I went with the New England Arms Single Shot with a synthetic stock in a .243. It is so light in the front and he a little marksmen with it. That is where most kids have their problems is being able to hold the front half of the gun up. It's not so much about recoil, although a heavy recoil with cause flinching problems, it's the forward weight. This one is so light up front he loves shooting it.

runningboard:

--- Quote ---That is where most kids have their problems is being able to hold the front half of the gun up.
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I agree completely, that's part of the reason I went with a single shot without much of an action, it's shorter and not too front heavy. I have seen littler kids lean way back to get the muzzle up since they're too small for the weight of the firearm and that puts them off balance before they even pull the trigger, then all it takes is a light shove to knock 'em clear off balance.

huntinhick:
RUNNNING BOARD,

Did you cut the stock down to fit your daughter? If so can you tell what kind of stock and how to do it? I have bought my daughter also 11 a contender frame and I am trying to find a stock for her. I plan on starting with the 223 also then going up to the 30/30 since I am set up to reload it.

Carl

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