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The Basics, Starting Out
New rifle for my son.
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<blockquote data-quote="LeddSlinger" data-source="post: 959960" data-attributes="member: 65338"><p>The weight kind of appealed to me because it would help tame the recoil a bit. It's not a hard recoiling caliber, but it's got a little bark. And you are absolutely right about slower is better in the woods. I agree 100%.</p><p></p><p>I wanted to build him a rifle he would use for the rest of his life. The robust build of the Howa left me with no doubts. The 6.5x55 is just enough gun to take down elk with heavy bullets and still light enough to avoid meat damage on Antelope and deer. Would even make a nice long range coyote gun. I personally thought it to be the most versatile choice for a youth Hunter. He should be able to use this same rifle on everything. I know there are many other good youth calibers out there, but this is the one I chose for him. The fact that I have over 800 6.5mm Berger VLD bullets kinda swayed me too <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LeddSlinger, post: 959960, member: 65338"] The weight kind of appealed to me because it would help tame the recoil a bit. It's not a hard recoiling caliber, but it's got a little bark. And you are absolutely right about slower is better in the woods. I agree 100%. I wanted to build him a rifle he would use for the rest of his life. The robust build of the Howa left me with no doubts. The 6.5x55 is just enough gun to take down elk with heavy bullets and still light enough to avoid meat damage on Antelope and deer. Would even make a nice long range coyote gun. I personally thought it to be the most versatile choice for a youth Hunter. He should be able to use this same rifle on everything. I know there are many other good youth calibers out there, but this is the one I chose for him. The fact that I have over 800 6.5mm Berger VLD bullets kinda swayed me too :) [/QUOTE]
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