Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Looking for some input and ideas for daughters first rifle.
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="jstamper" data-source="post: 1752671" data-attributes="member: 107676"><p>[ATTACH=full]157626[/ATTACH] The answer I arrived at for my son was a Tikka T3x Lite Compact in 6.5 Creed. </p><p></p><p>It comes with a removable spacer that reduces the LOP, but not quite enough for a very small child. I had a chassis that allowed the LOP to be reduced enough for anyone, but now he has gotten big enough to go with the factory compact stock (for lighter weight, now that he totes it himself).</p><p></p><p>Full house factory loads in it are attention-getting and probably flinch-inducing for a kid less than, say, 75 pounds. </p><p></p><p>But, with a jug of H4895, a whole new world opens up. With reduced loads + soft bullets, in our case 147 ELDM, you get good terminal performance at close ranges, with little recoil. His rifle shoots the 147's plenty accurate enough anywhere between 2000-2700 FPS. The lower end of that range has fairly low recoil, even in the little compact Tikka. If it wasn't low enough, you could always load some subs with Trail Boss powder, or do H4895 with a lighter bullet. It would be absolutely no problem to duplicate 6.5 Grendel loads, but you still retain the ability to step up to full power.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jstamper, post: 1752671, member: 107676"] [ATTACH=full]157626[/ATTACH] The answer I arrived at for my son was a Tikka T3x Lite Compact in 6.5 Creed. It comes with a removable spacer that reduces the LOP, but not quite enough for a very small child. I had a chassis that allowed the LOP to be reduced enough for anyone, but now he has gotten big enough to go with the factory compact stock (for lighter weight, now that he totes it himself). Full house factory loads in it are attention-getting and probably flinch-inducing for a kid less than, say, 75 pounds. But, with a jug of H4895, a whole new world opens up. With reduced loads + soft bullets, in our case 147 ELDM, you get good terminal performance at close ranges, with little recoil. His rifle shoots the 147’s plenty accurate enough anywhere between 2000-2700 FPS. The lower end of that range has fairly low recoil, even in the little compact Tikka. If it wasn’t low enough, you could always load some subs with Trail Boss powder, or do H4895 with a lighter bullet. It would be absolutely no problem to duplicate 6.5 Grendel loads, but you still retain the ability to step up to full power. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Looking for some input and ideas for daughters first rifle.
Top