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Youth - 260 Rem or 25.06??
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<blockquote data-quote="SEGARE" data-source="post: 2396508" data-attributes="member: 108067"><p>I started my son with an NEF .243 at 9. He was a bigger kid (he's now 6-5, 250 at age 18) but not huge and I didn't want to rush him into a caliber he wasn't ready for. Two years later, he moved to a .270 with RL Federals and took his first two deer. </p><p></p><p>My personal deer rifle is a M48 in .260. I had hunted deer for 40+yrs with .30-06. I finally realized that I didn't need that much power for WT. </p><p></p><p>I will add that a .243 is perfectly capable of taking deer and I think it is probably just about perfect for kids <10YO, or older kids who are smaller-framed. Most kids by age 12 are probably capable of handling a non-magnum 6.5 caliber. I have a bevy of great neices/nephews, and I have a Ruger .243 set up for them as they age into deer hunting at the farm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SEGARE, post: 2396508, member: 108067"] I started my son with an NEF .243 at 9. He was a bigger kid (he's now 6-5, 250 at age 18) but not huge and I didn't want to rush him into a caliber he wasn't ready for. Two years later, he moved to a .270 with RL Federals and took his first two deer. My personal deer rifle is a M48 in .260. I had hunted deer for 40+yrs with .30-06. I finally realized that I didn't need that much power for WT. I will add that a .243 is perfectly capable of taking deer and I think it is probably just about perfect for kids <10YO, or older kids who are smaller-framed. Most kids by age 12 are probably capable of handling a non-magnum 6.5 caliber. I have a bevy of great neices/nephews, and I have a Ruger .243 set up for them as they age into deer hunting at the farm. [/QUOTE]
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