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BEST YOUTH RIFLE FOR SMALL KID
elkrack:
Recoil in the reduced loads is very minimal! I bought the ruger American in 7mm08 also and it’s is a great rifle for kids! my to boys were pretty small for their age and they both shot that rifle with zero issues
ghosthunter:
7 mm 08 that’s what did for my grandson with a Savage.
Liked it so well Put my 30 06 in the safe and bought one in 110 Storm left handed when I retired. :tup:
Antlershed:
My son has been shooting his Ruger American Compact in 6.5 creed since he was 8. They are great little guns.
jrebel:
My son was very small statured so I bought a savage 7-8 youth model and put it in a MDT chassis with adjustable stock so he could grow with it. I had the barrel threaded and put a muzzle brake on it. The chassis added weight, which is a double edge sword....reduced recoil but was not good for a youth to carry or shoot without a tripod. Other con was the cost.....I was into this rifle 1500 before the optics. With that said....savage makes a great youth rifle. 7mm-08 is a great caliber and is very versatile. I still have the rifle and have since put it back in the original youth stock. It is now a compact rifle for anything from varmints to bear....shooting a 101 grain HH at 3150+ fps with almost no recoil.
Any youth 7mm-08 with a 20-22" barrel will work. If you can find one to put a brake on, even better in my opinion. If you handload....even better, though there are plenty of choices for factory ammo. I did not have much luck with hornady's reduce recoil in this 7mm-08....groups were not very good and were minute of deer to 100 yards max.
huntnphool:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/959041226
Highly recommend the Ruger M77 Hawkeye compact. My kids both used these in 7mm-08, fantastic little rifles for kids! :tup:
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