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<blockquote data-quote="Kennibear" data-source="post: 892292" data-attributes="member: 51650"><p>Hurl427</p><p></p><p>Maybe consider a 243 Win. Bullet weight is a big contribution to the recoil. Solid copper/ guilding metal bullets can be used in a slightly lighter weight to reduce it some more. Still the top weight is only 100 grains.</p><p></p><p>243 Winchester has dropped a lot of deer over the years. Very few 10 year-old's can shoot well enough to out distance it. The 7-08 is probably going to stay with them longer but I believe no one out grows a gun, they only get old enough to need another!</p><p></p><p>Age is relative, what size is the shooter? At age 10 my three boys were 5'-6" or more and 150 lbs. My daughter was as tall and maybe 135lbs. 308 would have been fine for any of them. You can use the Barnes 308- 130gr TTSX and cut the recoil a bunch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kennibear, post: 892292, member: 51650"] Hurl427 Maybe consider a 243 Win. Bullet weight is a big contribution to the recoil. Solid copper/ guilding metal bullets can be used in a slightly lighter weight to reduce it some more. Still the top weight is only 100 grains. 243 Winchester has dropped a lot of deer over the years. Very few 10 year-old's can shoot well enough to out distance it. The 7-08 is probably going to stay with them longer but I believe no one out grows a gun, they only get old enough to need another! Age is relative, what size is the shooter? At age 10 my three boys were 5'-6" or more and 150 lbs. My daughter was as tall and maybe 135lbs. 308 would have been fine for any of them. You can use the Barnes 308- 130gr TTSX and cut the recoil a bunch. [/QUOTE]
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