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Offline huntnut

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Re: Rifle for my son?
« Reply #30 on: July 30, 2011, 10:25:19 AM »
I bought my son a Remington model 7 youth in 7mm-08,it is light ,shoots great and has lots of oomph for most animals. 140 grain bullets move along pretty well. The wife has also shot several deer with it.

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Re: Rifle for my son?
« Reply #31 on: August 01, 2011, 01:55:46 PM »
Trying looking into the Harrison and Richardson rifles. My cousin that started back when he was 9, thats the gun my dad bought for him. Since then he's killed 2 bears over 200 yards, and 3 deer. The Guns are only single shot, but are cheap wonderful guns!!! Being the proud owner of a 300 rum, rem 7mm stw, and a rem 270 win mag, i'm now even starting to look into being one of these H&R Handi rifles.

I bought PathfinderJR a Rossi Trifecta (similar to the H&R) for his first gun in .243.  He still uses it with the shotgun barrel, but I don't recommend the .243 for much.  Particularly anything past 200 yards (which around here is a close shot).  He killed one deer with it (a very close range shot) when he was 9.  He carried it for the next two years, but actually shot his next two deer with my .270 because of the extended range (268 yards and 205 yeards).
Honestly, the Marlin is almost as light as that Rossi and has just as short a pull, it kicks less, has a much better trigger, is more accurate, holds more than one shot, and only costs about $30 or $40 more than the single shot Rossi... :twocents:
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Re: Rifle for my son?
« Reply #32 on: August 01, 2011, 02:55:04 PM »
Savage 243.... Mine is a model 110.... Big 5 usually has a decent sale with a scope....

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Re: Rifle for my son?
« Reply #33 on: August 01, 2011, 05:37:44 PM »
Thanks for all the advice guys. My wife and I are both bowhunters and I know my son will want to bowhunt when he is strong enough to draw a bow. That is the reason I was thinking the smaller calibers, then I can pass it on to my two younger sons when the time comes. I have a tikka t3 lite in a .270 and it kicks pretty hard I don't think he is going to be to keen on that. CedarPants- yes I have been keeping an eye out at Northwest. YoungBull-Do you live in the Spokane area? If so PM me and we can set something up to take a look at your 30-30.
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