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7mm-08 or 6.5
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<blockquote data-quote="Maxxis31" data-source="post: 1485709" data-attributes="member: 61079"><p>I would go for the 6.5, i bought both of my boys 9 & 12 Kimber Hunters this summer for there birthdays and they love shooting them. You can load them down to have less recoil than the .243 and still be capable of killing game. My 12yr old is shooting Berger OTM 130's and my 9yr old is shooting 123gr Barnes bullets. I have them both shooting reduced recoil loads and they will shoot as much as i let them. I will also have them hunt with the reduced recoil loads for them for deer this year for both boys and elk for my 12yr old.</p><p></p><p>I personally have killed more elk with a .243 growing up than any other rifle i owned, I pretty much only archery hunt elk now but have killed a few late season cows with my 280AI. I think shooting lots and learning good habits or at minimum not developing a flinch is way more important than shooting the larger caliper. I have shot the 143gr Hornady ammo from there kimbers and it kicks like a mule being a 6lb 2oz rifle all setup. I will slowly work the boys up to stronger loads as they get older but until then i am 100% confident that their rifles will perform well enough to kill whatever we are hunting as long as we keep range in mind. </p><p></p><p>Also not sure what you are looking for for a rifle but the kimber hunters topped with talleys and a VXII 3-9 make a pretty sweet lightweight package that is almost a joy to pack around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxxis31, post: 1485709, member: 61079"] I would go for the 6.5, i bought both of my boys 9 & 12 Kimber Hunters this summer for there birthdays and they love shooting them. You can load them down to have less recoil than the .243 and still be capable of killing game. My 12yr old is shooting Berger OTM 130's and my 9yr old is shooting 123gr Barnes bullets. I have them both shooting reduced recoil loads and they will shoot as much as i let them. I will also have them hunt with the reduced recoil loads for them for deer this year for both boys and elk for my 12yr old. I personally have killed more elk with a .243 growing up than any other rifle i owned, I pretty much only archery hunt elk now but have killed a few late season cows with my 280AI. I think shooting lots and learning good habits or at minimum not developing a flinch is way more important than shooting the larger caliper. I have shot the 143gr Hornady ammo from there kimbers and it kicks like a mule being a 6lb 2oz rifle all setup. I will slowly work the boys up to stronger loads as they get older but until then i am 100% confident that their rifles will perform well enough to kill whatever we are hunting as long as we keep range in mind. Also not sure what you are looking for for a rifle but the kimber hunters topped with talleys and a VXII 3-9 make a pretty sweet lightweight package that is almost a joy to pack around. [/QUOTE]
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