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Looking for some input and ideas for daughters first rifle.
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<blockquote data-quote="del2les" data-source="post: 1752052" data-attributes="member: 9299"><p>Are you planning to switch bolts also for the different sized cartridge heads? If not, the 223 bolt can be used with the various TCU designs: 6TCU, 6.5TCU, 25, 7mmTCU(my favorite for deer), etc. If you are going to change bolts, then the 6BR or Dasher, 7BR, or 243 and 7-08 all work well with lower recoil. </p><p></p><p>Decades ago, my son killed his first deer with a 222 loaded with Sierra 63g SMP's(224 legal in that state), but later, we put together a nice youth model 243 for him. It was very accurate, low recoil with reduced 80-85gr handloads, but as he grew, it had plenty of reach with full power 100BT's. </p><p></p><p>Once he became more interested in his high school friends than deer hunting with dad, I added a short recoil pad to that youth 243 to increase LOP, and I killed several deer with that rifle. While hunting from a thick woods' stand or just strolling around fence lines and small woodlots, I found myself enjoying that short rifle's handiness and light weight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="del2les, post: 1752052, member: 9299"] Are you planning to switch bolts also for the different sized cartridge heads? If not, the 223 bolt can be used with the various TCU designs: 6TCU, 6.5TCU, 25, 7mmTCU(my favorite for deer), etc. If you are going to change bolts, then the 6BR or Dasher, 7BR, or 243 and 7-08 all work well with lower recoil. Decades ago, my son killed his first deer with a 222 loaded with Sierra 63g SMP's(224 legal in that state), but later, we put together a nice youth model 243 for him. It was very accurate, low recoil with reduced 80-85gr handloads, but as he grew, it had plenty of reach with full power 100BT's. Once he became more interested in his high school friends than deer hunting with dad, I added a short recoil pad to that youth 243 to increase LOP, and I killed several deer with that rifle. While hunting from a thick woods' stand or just strolling around fence lines and small woodlots, I found myself enjoying that short rifle's handiness and light weight. [/QUOTE]
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