Youth Rifle

[scmoose]

Looking to get my son his first rifle, he is 9 and I have been thinking .243. I looked at the Savage axis which seemed a decent deal considering it come with a scope, acutrigger and detachable mag. Salesman really worked hard on the standard rifle as apposed to the youth just for simple reason of outgrowing it. I don't think he would outgrow a youth rifle very fast as he is a small kid. What caliber and make have you started your yoots with?

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[Sheep]

He will never outgrow a youth rifle.

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[Timberman22]

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/713229057

[Coastal Woodie]

I don't have kids but my dad started me out with a Savage model 11 .243 at 7 years old. It came with a wood stock that he chopped down to properly fit me and my brother and he bought a full size composite stock for us to grow into.

[lil 2 sleepy]

I have a single shot .243 for my kids right now, but I'm going to buy him a 7-08 or .308 shortly. There are a good. Umber of youth flavors out there. The savage wood stock youth is a pretty nice looking little rifle,that I think a small shooter could stay in a very long time. Ruger makes a youth model that is tiny. Comes in .243, 7-08, and .308

[lil 2 sleepy]

Marlin 30-30 is also a great starter rifle, that is short too

[fuzzy]

I have a Winchester model 70 youth model in .308 for my daughter, and she is 11. I have it zeroed with Hornady SST 125 grain reduced recoil loads.

[coot nasty]

I got a Remington 770 youth 243 and my 8 year old loves it

[triplebeard]

Get the youth model for a better fit. He will make better shots. You won't have a problem selling it if/when he outgrows it.

[USMCsilver]

Colt has a Mossberg Bantam .243 that came with several stock spacers to build the stock out over the years. It has a fluted barrel and their version of an accutrigger.

The rifle groups quite well with Remington Corelokts.

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[redhead25]

My son is on the smaller side too and I bought him a Ruger American youth 7-08 last year at 7 years old. He is shooting the hornaday reduced recoil loads and been hell with it so far. I have been very impressed with the blood trails when they did run after the shot.

[Saltydog235]

My boy's shooting a Mossberg Patriot Bantam in .243. Pretty good little starter gun with an 18" fluted barrel and bolt.

[USMCsilver]

My boy's shooting a Mossberg Patriot Bantam in .243. Pretty good little starter gun with an 18" fluted barrel and bolt.

Colt's is the same. Did you buy the combo? Have you replaced the glass on it? If so, with what? I'm debating on some other optics for his, but don't want to spend a lot.

[Professor]

My son started shooting my .257 Roberts. Little recoil and very little noise. You can shoot a heavier grain bullet than with a .243, also. You don't have to make a "perfect" shot.

[willyworm]

Gun companies drive me nuts cause they make stocks so cotton-picking long. I know you're talking about rifles but it's the same concept. Most production shotguns come with like 14"+ length of pull and mine should be about 12.5". I'm short at 5'7" and most youth stocks are still longer than what I should be shooting so I know they're too long for the vast majority of kids. Once I finally learned the importance of properly fitting the firearm to the shooter I chopped all my stocks down with a chop saw and installed grind-to-fit limbsaver recoil pads.

You can always make em longer, but the only way to make em shorter is to cut em.

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[We Jeep Inn]

My 10yo son has a youth Remington 700 .243. Nice little gun. It fits him perfectly and he shoots the H*!! out of it.

[led0321]

Don’t overlook an AR as a youth gun. The collapsible stock and no recoil are hard to beat.


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[scmoose]

Yeah I have 6.8 that think he can handle.

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[billyjack]

I bought a youth 870 for my kids and damn if it didn’t feel perfect for me. I’m 5’9 but I apparently got a case of the alligator arms.

[bobbyhill]

I got my daughter a ruger ranch compact rifle in 300 blk.very little recoil.she still has couple more years to go hunting but i have been using for past 2 years.