HELP!!!!

[muleyslayer#1]

So my dad said if i get good grades i can get a rifle because my uncle is taking me to Idaho in november. So i need help of what kind of rifle to get.

[carpsniperg2]

Well lets see how your grades are. Naaa just joking with ya. Well here is some thoughts for you. What all are you planning on hunting? There are many great calibers out there. Just kinda depends on what fits you best and what you can shoot. If you are smaller frame the 243 might be a good choice if you are a bigger framed kid a 30-06 would be a great choice. The two calibers i really like for youth hunters. That can take any game out there with well placed shots are. The 7mm-08 and the 25-06 they are both great choices. I would stay away from the magnums for a youth hunter. Bolt guns are always a great choice. I would look at the tikka t3 rifles good price and great shooting guns.

[muleyslayer#1]

yea im 15 so i was thinkin  and hopen for a 300 ultra mag or a 30-06 remington 770 model

[carpsniperg2]

Have you shot the 300 ultra mag? or much of the magnums? I would hate to see a young hunter ,pick up bad habits from a big magnum. I would really say the 30-06 would be a better choice for you them. The 30-06 will kill any animal you want to hunt. Within a reasonable range.

[400out]

Have you shot the 300 ultra mag? or much of the magnums? I would hate to see a young hunter ,pick up bad habits from a big magnum. I would really say the 30-06 would be a better choice for you them. The 30-06 will kill any animal you want to hunt. Within a reasonable range.

[Buckhole]

.270 isn't a bad choice either...nice flat shooting round. Keep those grades up and do your homework!   

[CAMPMEAT]

I'm a big SOB. I got rid of my 300UM. It kicks like a mule and hurts. But, It had the synthetic stock too. It was a Remington 700. I sold it and bought a Savage Model 10 .308 w/adjustable trigger, 20 inch bull barrel.

[220hunter]

just get something that you could shoot for a long time, a 270 would probably be perfect, thats what i shoot and i dont plan on replacing it anytime soon

[longrange7mm]

get the 30 06 its a great round you may be 15 now but in 15 years you will still pull that proven rifle out and take it to the field.  
You start getting into the magnums it can get very expensive to shoot them and I know that when i was your age I through enough lead to anchor a cruise ship  

[YoungBuck]

Im 15 too and I shoot a Tikka t3 25-06 and it shoots flatter and farther than any 30-06 and with the Hornady custom loads it shoots a quarter sized group and has great knock down power.

[TheHunt]

I started my son out with a 270 and hand loaded light loads then moved him up as he could handle the shooting.  Then he wanted a large weapon.  

His high school graduation gift he wanted a 338 RUM.  He is 230 very, very strong played football.  He said it kicks so we purchased a different stock.  He makes tells me I can not shoot it because the kick my stop my heart.  He can only shoot it roughly 10 times then he is done.   Mostly because he will start flinching which is a really bad habbit.  

[longrange7mm]

I started my son out with a 270 and hand loaded light loads then moved him up as he could handle the shooting.  Then he wanted a large weapon.  

His high school graduation gift he wanted a 338 RUM.  He is 230 very, very strong played football.  He said it kicks so we purchased a different stock.  He makes tells me I can not shoot it because the kick my stop my heart.  He can only shoot it roughly 10 times then he is done.   Mostly because he will start flinching which is a really bad habbit.  

Tell him to invest in a muzzle break i had one built that is around 9.5 lbs and has a muzzle break I shoot 300 gr bergers the kick is not bad at all

[NWBREW]

270 or 30-06, both great choices.  Rem. model 700

[ducks55]

.308 is my opinion and is what I started on when I was 11 but I was bigger than most so not real sure what youre comfortable with

[dreamunelk]

.308, 30-06, 270 are my recommendations.  They will take take all of our popular big game and factory ammo is inexpensive.  Lots of options for hand-loading to if you have the equipment.  As a kid I mowed lawns, picked cans and what ever else I could for cash to buy ammo.  So unless dad is willing and able to provide the ammo I would give ammo cost some thought.