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Rifle for 10 year old.
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<blockquote data-quote="ducky" data-source="post: 2318525" data-attributes="member: 94420"><p>When my daughter wanted to hunt, we tried out several different cartridges. The one she shot the best was a .223 Rem. It was more about muzzle blast than recoil as I never had her shoot anything larger than a .243 or .250 Savage. Once we figured out what she would tolerate shooting we made the rifle fit her. </p><p></p><p>I took a cheap Stevens 200 .223 to the local GS I used, he also only had daughters so he understood exactly what we were trying to accomplish. I had my daughter spend 20 minutes to an hour with said GS three times getting the rifle fitted to her. We cut the stock to 12", the barrel to 20", and found a scope with forgiving eye relief and eye box. He also tuned the trigger to a decent 3 lbs for her.</p><p></p><p>All said and done I think I had about $800 total in the rifle, purchase price, optics, and GS work. My daughter took her first deer a the age of 9 with it and again the following year. 55 grain Vor-TX ammunition hammered OK Whitetail deer, since she wasn't old enough for big game in CO. At 12 she started hunting with a full sized M700 Classic in .300 Savage, but moved to a 7lb Howa Alpine .308 a couple years later.</p><p></p><p>It's all about what your child can work with, not what you think will work for them. Listen to them and forget what you know and think they should be shooting. They'll tell you exactly what they want, and what they're comfortable with. Then it's our jobs as parents to make it happen for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ducky, post: 2318525, member: 94420"] When my daughter wanted to hunt, we tried out several different cartridges. The one she shot the best was a .223 Rem. It was more about muzzle blast than recoil as I never had her shoot anything larger than a .243 or .250 Savage. Once we figured out what she would tolerate shooting we made the rifle fit her. I took a cheap Stevens 200 .223 to the local GS I used, he also only had daughters so he understood exactly what we were trying to accomplish. I had my daughter spend 20 minutes to an hour with said GS three times getting the rifle fitted to her. We cut the stock to 12", the barrel to 20", and found a scope with forgiving eye relief and eye box. He also tuned the trigger to a decent 3 lbs for her. All said and done I think I had about $800 total in the rifle, purchase price, optics, and GS work. My daughter took her first deer a the age of 9 with it and again the following year. 55 grain Vor-TX ammunition hammered OK Whitetail deer, since she wasn't old enough for big game in CO. At 12 she started hunting with a full sized M700 Classic in .300 Savage, but moved to a 7lb Howa Alpine .308 a couple years later. It's all about what your child can work with, not what you think will work for them. Listen to them and forget what you know and think they should be shooting. They'll tell you exactly what they want, and what they're comfortable with. Then it's our jobs as parents to make it happen for them. [/QUOTE]
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