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<blockquote data-quote="Teri Anne" data-source="post: 2346980" data-attributes="member: 118816"><p>Well the are all kinds of recommendations here. I have been a Hunter Safety Instructor since 1975 and have trained a lot of HS student to include the shooting part when the DNR would let us. (Latest iterations are so watered down as to be almost useless) Anyway for a person of this diminutive size (and that is no slam) he needs to start out with a rifle that obviously is smaller and has less recoil than many out there. A 7MM-08 has a pretty hefty recoil as opposed to a .243 or 6mm Rem. Of the two I would select the .243 simply on its versatility, light recoil and availability of factory ammo as well as reloading components. I would also select a rifle that has an adjustable stock, which is not necessarily the best as it is marketed as a kid's gun. I would get something like a wood stock Browning AB3 in .243, take it to a competent gunsmith ( I'm sorry to have to report that there are many incompetent ones out in the real live world) and have them cut down to fit his frame, install a good recoil pad then keep the piece removed so when he grows up the cut piece can be reinstalled or a new stock can be purchased. The AB3 goes for about $650 these days and is a keep for life rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teri Anne, post: 2346980, member: 118816"] Well the are all kinds of recommendations here. I have been a Hunter Safety Instructor since 1975 and have trained a lot of HS student to include the shooting part when the DNR would let us. (Latest iterations are so watered down as to be almost useless) Anyway for a person of this diminutive size (and that is no slam) he needs to start out with a rifle that obviously is smaller and has less recoil than many out there. A 7MM-08 has a pretty hefty recoil as opposed to a .243 or 6mm Rem. Of the two I would select the .243 simply on its versatility, light recoil and availability of factory ammo as well as reloading components. I would also select a rifle that has an adjustable stock, which is not necessarily the best as it is marketed as a kid's gun. I would get something like a wood stock Browning AB3 in .243, take it to a competent gunsmith ( I'm sorry to have to report that there are many incompetent ones out in the real live world) and have them cut down to fit his frame, install a good recoil pad then keep the piece removed so when he grows up the cut piece can be reinstalled or a new stock can be purchased. The AB3 goes for about $650 these days and is a keep for life rifle. [/QUOTE]
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