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7mm-08 ultimate youth elk cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mystras" data-source="post: 1597152" data-attributes="member: 33106"><p>My three children have all taken elk with our Marlin XS7Y in 7mm-08. My son took his first two mule deer in AZ and CO at age 10 and his first cow elk the same year with this rifle using handloads. I went with the Marlin because the twist rate was 1:9.5 over guns like Savage etc. which have 1:11.5 twist. Recoil is very manageable for the youngsters. I wanted a higher twist to stabilize heavier/longer bullets we used for elk. I use one load for that rifle and the bullet is a 139 grain Hornady SST. It has been very effective gun/load for my little ones. My wife has also used this rifle on her elk hunts. Unfortunately I don't think Marlin makes these anymore. My son is now 19 years old and 6'1" and looking to purchase his first full-sized stock bolt action hunting rifles at 6.5 cm and 30-06. He still loves to shoot the XS7Y. My 18 y/o daughter, 15 y/o daughter and my wife all still use the 7mm-08 and plan to do so this coming fall as the each drew cow tags in AZ. 7mm-08 is good choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mystras, post: 1597152, member: 33106"] My three children have all taken elk with our Marlin XS7Y in 7mm-08. My son took his first two mule deer in AZ and CO at age 10 and his first cow elk the same year with this rifle using handloads. I went with the Marlin because the twist rate was 1:9.5 over guns like Savage etc. which have 1:11.5 twist. Recoil is very manageable for the youngsters. I wanted a higher twist to stabilize heavier/longer bullets we used for elk. I use one load for that rifle and the bullet is a 139 grain Hornady SST. It has been very effective gun/load for my little ones. My wife has also used this rifle on her elk hunts. Unfortunately I don't think Marlin makes these anymore. My son is now 19 years old and 6'1" and looking to purchase his first full-sized stock bolt action hunting rifles at 6.5 cm and 30-06. He still loves to shoot the XS7Y. My 18 y/o daughter, 15 y/o daughter and my wife all still use the 7mm-08 and plan to do so this coming fall as the each drew cow tags in AZ. 7mm-08 is good choice. [/QUOTE]
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