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Rifle build for daughter
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 2411527" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>For an all around rifle she can shoot for a lifetime I'd strongly suggest looking at the 6.5x47Lapua or 3.5 Grendel. Both are great for varmints, predators and even deer.</p><p></p><p>Here's the trick. Put it in a wood stock and have a stock smith pre drill that stock with dowel holes.</p><p></p><p>Then cut it to length as a Youth Stock.</p><p></p><p>Back in the late 80's a friend of mine put his kid in for the Elk Draw in NM along with himself and when they both drew up he was in a real quandary.</p><p></p><p>We did the same thing with a 7RM Savage and I just loaded it down enough to where it wouldn't be more than the 9yo could handle.</p><p></p><p>Last time I ran into that "kid" he was still shooting the same rifle. </p><p></p><p>Once he got to where the stock was too short, he was able to take the portion we'd cut off 25 years ago, take it back to a stock smith and by inserting dowels in the perfectly aligned holes, all the then had to do was a little sanding and it was almost invisible. He actually liked showing it off and showing people how we'd made that "one gun for life" for him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 2411527, member: 30902"] For an all around rifle she can shoot for a lifetime I'd strongly suggest looking at the 6.5x47Lapua or 3.5 Grendel. Both are great for varmints, predators and even deer. Here's the trick. Put it in a wood stock and have a stock smith pre drill that stock with dowel holes. Then cut it to length as a Youth Stock. Back in the late 80's a friend of mine put his kid in for the Elk Draw in NM along with himself and when they both drew up he was in a real quandary. We did the same thing with a 7RM Savage and I just loaded it down enough to where it wouldn't be more than the 9yo could handle. Last time I ran into that "kid" he was still shooting the same rifle. Once he got to where the stock was too short, he was able to take the portion we'd cut off 25 years ago, take it back to a stock smith and by inserting dowels in the perfectly aligned holes, all the then had to do was a little sanding and it was almost invisible. He actually liked showing it off and showing people how we'd made that "one gun for life" for him. [/QUOTE]
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