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7mm WSM too big for 12 yr old son? 270 better?
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<blockquote data-quote="gyrfalcon" data-source="post: 2318509" data-attributes="member: 120244"><p>may I suggest a caliber/rifle combination such a youngster would enjoy handling and shooting while he is young and of small stature? Based on my experience with youngsters a light rifle in .22/250, 223, 243 or 7/08 is what they enjoy shooting and maintains their long term interest, in shooting. Then later if he still enjoys hunting as much as you think he will, he can graduate at that time to something more permanent he would enjoy carrying and hunting with.</p><p>I have seen many young teens in Canada's high North be totally dedicated to hunting/trapping, only to permanently change to other interests after that magic 15/16, when money, girls, shiny trucks, racing quads and other entertainment gains their shift of focus. Inuit and Indian elders thought how uncanny they thought it was, that at that 15-16 age, young trappers shifted their trap lines from the forest into the settlement. Abandoning bush beavers in favour of town beavers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gyrfalcon, post: 2318509, member: 120244"] may I suggest a caliber/rifle combination such a youngster would enjoy handling and shooting while he is young and of small stature? Based on my experience with youngsters a light rifle in .22/250, 223, 243 or 7/08 is what they enjoy shooting and maintains their long term interest, in shooting. Then later if he still enjoys hunting as much as you think he will, he can graduate at that time to something more permanent he would enjoy carrying and hunting with. I have seen many young teens in Canada’s high North be totally dedicated to hunting/trapping, only to permanently change to other interests after that magic 15/16, when money, girls, shiny trucks, racing quads and other entertainment gains their shift of focus. Inuit and Indian elders thought how uncanny they thought it was, that at that 15-16 age, young trappers shifted their trap lines from the forest into the settlement. Abandoning bush beavers in favour of town beavers. [/QUOTE]
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