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<blockquote data-quote="Paladin300" data-source="post: 2940729" data-attributes="member: 115299"><p>All three of my gang (two boys and a girl) learned on a 22-250 Rem and then moved to 7mm-08 and 308. My daughter killed her first deer at 80 yards with the 22-250 shooting 64 grain power points. She was 8 or 9. My oldest killed his with a 7-08 using 120 grain ballistic tips. He was 8. The baby was 10 when he killed his first deer using a 308 pushing a 168 grain AMax. They all still hunt with those same guns. They are 27, 24, and 17. I can't tell you how many deer they have killed between them and to my knowledge never lost one. I have a nephew that is the same age as my oldest when he was around eight his father ask for the same advice and I recommended a 260 Rem or 7mm-08. He went with a Ruger 77 in 260. Kid still hunts with it and has hunted all over the country with it. Any of the afore mention calibers would suffice. That said just because of the availability of ammo and it's proximity to the 260 I might go with a 6.5 Creedmoor today. I am a huge fan of the 6.5x55, 270 and 6.5x284. Still own and hunt with a 270 and 6.5x284. The 6.5x284 is my favorite rifle cartridge by far. The 6.5 Creedmoor is comparable ballistically to the 260 and 270, with the right bullet choice it is deadly and light on recoil. Despite all the haters, simply because of its popularity and hype, it is a good all around cartridge for a youth to learn on and grow with and as mentioned before has tons of factory ammo support and availability. Unless you hand load ammo for deer for the 22-250, 260 and 7mm-08 are hard to come by and in some places down right scarce! 260 is nearly impossible to find. If I were buying a youth gun today I would go 6.5 creed.</p><p></p><p>Have a blessed day and good luck to you and your son.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paladin300, post: 2940729, member: 115299"] All three of my gang (two boys and a girl) learned on a 22-250 Rem and then moved to 7mm-08 and 308. My daughter killed her first deer at 80 yards with the 22-250 shooting 64 grain power points. She was 8 or 9. My oldest killed his with a 7-08 using 120 grain ballistic tips. He was 8. The baby was 10 when he killed his first deer using a 308 pushing a 168 grain AMax. They all still hunt with those same guns. They are 27, 24, and 17. I can’t tell you how many deer they have killed between them and to my knowledge never lost one. I have a nephew that is the same age as my oldest when he was around eight his father ask for the same advice and I recommended a 260 Rem or 7mm-08. He went with a Ruger 77 in 260. Kid still hunts with it and has hunted all over the country with it. Any of the afore mention calibers would suffice. That said just because of the availability of ammo and it’s proximity to the 260 I might go with a 6.5 Creedmoor today. I am a huge fan of the 6.5x55, 270 and 6.5x284. Still own and hunt with a 270 and 6.5x284. The 6.5x284 is my favorite rifle cartridge by far. The 6.5 Creedmoor is comparable ballistically to the 260 and 270, with the right bullet choice it is deadly and light on recoil. Despite all the haters, simply because of its popularity and hype, it is a good all around cartridge for a youth to learn on and grow with and as mentioned before has tons of factory ammo support and availability. Unless you hand load ammo for deer for the 22-250, 260 and 7mm-08 are hard to come by and in some places down right scarce! 260 is nearly impossible to find. If I were buying a youth gun today I would go 6.5 creed. Have a blessed day and good luck to you and your son. [/QUOTE]
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