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Youth rifle recommendation...
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<blockquote data-quote="Loner" data-source="post: 566419" data-attributes="member: 24560"><p>I agree on no less than a 6.5 for Elk @ 500. A 7-08 is a very common choice for youths</p><p>as well. I think Rem and Savage both build a youth model. One of them comes with a</p><p>longer stock to swap out later. (just plastic, as most are these days). Without the Elk</p><p>requirement I would say a 243. Any of them with 5744 powder can be loaded to very</p><p>tame levels. I started my kid out with an 80 grain 243 running 1900. The gun recoiled</p><p>like a 223 or less. Of coarse in the field they feel nothing so it ran full loads with a 85 barnes. I hated 100 partitions in my 243. 2 deer and 3 antelope all had massive blood </p><p>shock between the muscle tissues. Just a mess to package meat that way. None of the </p><p>animals went down like they were hit with a dozer either. I guess that bullet just puts</p><p>out a lot of hydraulic shock or I was very unlucky 5 times in a row.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Loner, post: 566419, member: 24560"] I agree on no less than a 6.5 for Elk @ 500. A 7-08 is a very common choice for youths as well. I think Rem and Savage both build a youth model. One of them comes with a longer stock to swap out later. (just plastic, as most are these days). Without the Elk requirement I would say a 243. Any of them with 5744 powder can be loaded to very tame levels. I started my kid out with an 80 grain 243 running 1900. The gun recoiled like a 223 or less. Of coarse in the field they feel nothing so it ran full loads with a 85 barnes. I hated 100 partitions in my 243. 2 deer and 3 antelope all had massive blood shock between the muscle tissues. Just a mess to package meat that way. None of the animals went down like they were hit with a dozer either. I guess that bullet just puts out a lot of hydraulic shock or I was very unlucky 5 times in a row. [/QUOTE]
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