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Rifle for 10 year old.
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<blockquote data-quote="richhymas" data-source="post: 2318423" data-attributes="member: 43504"><p>So I have 4 kids aged 9-17. I have been back and forth on how to handle this question myself. Are you trying to get her 1 gun that she can grow with or just get a youth gun for a year or two and have her move up to something bigger as she grows? Do you ever intend to shoot something bigger than deer? How about range? Will everything be 300 yards or less, or will you want her to shoot out to 600 yards in the future? My experience is that properly equipped, even very small petite kids can shoot bigger guns well if they have a break and hearing protection. Especially from a good rest. My 11 year old 60 lb son shot a cow elk from 200 yards with my 300 PRC and. 225 grain factory ELD-M. Bullet went through the heart. He didn't even remember the recoil because the gun was very aggressively braked and he was shooting from a standing position off of a Bog Pod which clamps to the gun. I carried the gun and he carried the tripod. I then set the gun up pointing at the elk and he simply stepped in to the gun after it was pointing at the elk and made the final small adjustments. Worked like a dream.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="richhymas, post: 2318423, member: 43504"] So I have 4 kids aged 9-17. I have been back and forth on how to handle this question myself. Are you trying to get her 1 gun that she can grow with or just get a youth gun for a year or two and have her move up to something bigger as she grows? Do you ever intend to shoot something bigger than deer? How about range? Will everything be 300 yards or less, or will you want her to shoot out to 600 yards in the future? My experience is that properly equipped, even very small petite kids can shoot bigger guns well if they have a break and hearing protection. Especially from a good rest. My 11 year old 60 lb son shot a cow elk from 200 yards with my 300 PRC and. 225 grain factory ELD-M. Bullet went through the heart. He didn’t even remember the recoil because the gun was very aggressively braked and he was shooting from a standing position off of a Bog Pod which clamps to the gun. I carried the gun and he carried the tripod. I then set the gun up pointing at the elk and he simply stepped in to the gun after it was pointing at the elk and made the final small adjustments. Worked like a dream. [/QUOTE]
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