Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: sleek on October 08, 2016, 01:17:47 am
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My boy is a great shot with his 22 and I think he is getting an upgrade this Christmas. He hasnt shot with a scope yet, though I think he wants too. I want him to be able to be in a stand, but mostly he will be ground, and in the woods. Whats a good gun to get him?
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.243 will work great for him sleek i still use mine
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Single shot, bolt action? What brand would you recommend?
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I liked a lever action 30-30 when I was a kid. A 410 shotgun was always fun too. Cheers- Brendan
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a heck let him sling a 300 win mag. itll put hair on his chest
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He does like his lever .22 Henry. Any good brands for a lever 30 30? Is it much kick? Whats a good range and ammo for one? Do they s ope well or is iron sights best?
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Most 30-30s you're gonna find will be Marlins, but Winchesters are fairly common as well. I've never seen a 30-30 by any other manufacturer, but I'm far from an expert, so take that for what its worth.
I liked my marlin pretty well, but I can't say whether its suitable for an eleven year old. I don't remember it kicking too bad, but I was grown when I bought it so who knows. I know a Marlin will take a scope well because I had one on mine. A Winchester ejects out the top though, so you'd need an off-center scope mount, which may require a gunsmith. I'm not sure.
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Rossi makes a single shot rifle called the Wizard with barrels you can change. Id get a 243 barrel and they sell them in combos where you can get the 243 barrel and a 20 gauge shotgun barrel. It has a double safety on the hammer. I have one in 30-06 and it's my favorite rifle. They are priced right.
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I bought my daughter a Remington bolt action .243 at walmart this summer. It was easy to sight in. She will be deer hunting with it soon. I want to test it out on a doe also.
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We can't use center shoot rifles here for deer, only shotgun and muzzle loaders. I might be old and silly but I love single shots especially for kids. They are light, simple and make you think about the shot your going to take. You don't have to worry about if there is another shell in the chamber unless you put it there. I have a 16 g, a .223, and got a H&R 20g with rifled barrel for my son. I used his 20 g last year and it is a sweet gun, but I believe H&R got bought out and new owners dropped the single shots. ( that doesn't make me happy with them). You can get used ones but the prices went way up.
Bjrogg
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My kids share a 1987 feather light bolt action Winchester 270. My 12 yr old daughter smoked a doe last year with it. Very light and has little kick. I just don't let them target shoot with it. They always target shoot with 22 and 17. With scopes that away in the deer fields there use to a scope. My buddies at work swear up and down on the youth savage axis 243. But they out grow them to fast. Good luck
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Ruger's new American Rifle, Ranch model in .300 Black Out.
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My pick would be like others--
.243 hands down. Bolt action. Iron sights to begin with.
Better for the woods.
Add a scope when he gets proficient for long range,
varmints and antelope etc.
Zuma
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Shotguns or muzzleloader? Why not a scoped inline muzzleloader? Nice gentle kick and a single shot
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All my kiddos started out w/ a .243
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sleek i grew up shooting bolt action so that is my preference although a single shot is a good option mine is an older savage but like Clint said you can get a good deal on a remington or a Winchester
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The options are almost limitless, if the budget is a prime consideration, go with a 20 gauge shotgun. It seems that single shot 20 gauge shotguns are pretty high these days but he'll never outgrow it. He likely wants a repeater, I know I did at that age. My first shotgun was a 15.00 (1960) single shot 12 gauge. From there to a double bbl 20 gauge and then 12 gauge pump. Still have them.
Look for youth model single shots, you can often get a new stock and bolt it on when he outgrows the youth model.
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My wife and daughter shoots a 44 mag handy rifle. It kicks very little and shoots good.
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243 single shot, I think fro American arms was Beau's first rifle, I cut the stock and added a good soft butt plate and he took several deer with it, it shot like a 22 only louder. ;)Several of the kid at the Club have used it over the years and always done a good job if they put the shot where they are suppose to. :) You can also change barrels very easy to most anything you want. I got a 20 gauge barrel for it also.
Pappy
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.243 for my 11 year old. Accurate, not a lot of recoil. Easy to shoot.
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Gotta admit if your state allows it for deer .243 very versatile rifle. Not real fur friendly but really none of them are. Big enough for large game too and a common round. I like Pappy's choice
Bjrogg
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If you want to make a shooter out of him there is no better way than a single shot 20 gauge. That is what I started out with, You get good when you know you have to make that shot count!
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Im torn between a 30 30 lever and the single shot 243 with interchangeable barrels.
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2 Really good choices. I don't think you can go wrong with either.
Bjrogg
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My young grand kids hunt with 223's. The youngest being 7 years old. One is a bolt action and the other is a Ruger #3 single shot. I reload their shells and they have killed everything they have hit with those guns. I also have a 6MM which is close to a 243 or as Remington called it a 244. That gun has been used by the older grandson. None of the guns I mentioned will kick the snot out of your son and he will enjoy shooting them. Some of the guns mentioned above are a little stout for a young kid to use and shoot. He gets kissed with the scope and he will or may get a little gun shy. Hard to cure trigger jerking.
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Sleek the .243 doesn't kick as much as a .30 30
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nother plug for the 243.. Great gun.. I bought the browning blr ""for the kid '' When he started hunting.. Had to be 14 to hunt with a rifle in Alberta back then.. My freinds kids used that gun.. Taken many a first critter... Good freinds Dad used it on his last hunt..
Thanks Leroy
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Sleek I bought Lucy a savage axis 243 she loves it. I think mossberg makes a youth 243 that comes with extra butt pieces so you can add them as they grow I bought the kids a 20ga like that.
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I don't think my dad wasn't much for "growing into your gun" because I went straight from a single shot .410 to a Remington 30-06 when I was that age.
Felt like I was firing an anti-tank rifle, and probably explains why I passed up so many deer in my early hunting years : )
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My Son just turned 13 and I bought him a Ruger American .243 with a Nikon Prostaff 3x9. It took 10 Rds to dial it in. Awesome setup!
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I put a Nikon on my Ruger American Ranch .300 Blackout. They do seem to go together.
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I put a Nikon on my Ruger American Ranch .300 Blackout. They do seem to go together.
Sweet! I'd like a gun like that... though it is less energy than the .243.
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I was shooting suppressed rounds at a thin metal target at 75 yds with a 10" Maple for a backstop. only 1 bullet didn't go through the tree and it was hanging half way out. It is a .30 married to a .223 cartridge. Slower but more knock down at the same distance.
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My kid bought the Rossi trifecta. Single shot break down with .22,.243,and 20 gauge barrels. He seems to like it. Scoped the .243 this year. .243 is an expensive round tho. My 2 cents. dp