Ucsdryder
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My oldest daughter, Gemma was lucky enough to win a chassis from @XLR in the cold bore challenge. She’s ecstatic. Shout out to xlr for being a great sponsor and group of guys. I’ve dealt with Matt at XLR a couple of times and every interaction was great. Thanks to @robby denning and @Justin Crossley for putting on the cold bore challenge!
I’ve been trying to build her a rifle for a couple of years and always get stuck on the stock; nobody makes a high quality short LOP youth stock. I believe the versatility and adjustability of an XLR chassis might make it the perfect choice for a youth rifle that she can grow with.
This is a Colorado rifle (6mm minimum), and should be good to 500 yards maximum on elk. It will also be suppressed with a TBAC Dominus.
I’ve had amazing luck with the gunsmith that built my 300nmi this year. Earl Fouraker builds a mean rifle and rather than going the tikka/prefit route I think I’ll go defiance classic with a barrel blank. I’ll post more about Earl throughout the process. If anybody is looking for a gunsmith that is a perfectionists I can’t recommend him enough.
I’d welcome any feedback on barrel length and twist, caliber, bullet selection, total rifle weight, components, and anything else that might be relevant! My goal is to have the rifle built by October for her first hunt but a lot has to come together for that to happen. She has 2 antelope, a mule deer, and elk tag this year. Last year she went 3 for 3 on tags. This will be an ongoing post.
Tagging a few people that I’ve seen post about youths or just talk a lot (LOL) and might be willing to provide help. I can’t mess this up so let’s hear it! If you’ve gone down this path, what did you like? What would you have changed?
@sndmn11
@spdrman
@ResearchinStuff
@MallardSX2
@KsRancher
@Marshfly
@nodakian
@Laramie
@nphunter
@Marbles
@GODEEP
@huntnful
@fngTony
@mxgsfmdpx![IMG_1825.jpeg IMG_1825.jpeg](https://forumdata.rokslide.com/file/forumdata/data/attachments/716/716727-0d93e10f4c01476fb5b0b722b230f2c0.jpg)
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I’ve been trying to build her a rifle for a couple of years and always get stuck on the stock; nobody makes a high quality short LOP youth stock. I believe the versatility and adjustability of an XLR chassis might make it the perfect choice for a youth rifle that she can grow with.
This is a Colorado rifle (6mm minimum), and should be good to 500 yards maximum on elk. It will also be suppressed with a TBAC Dominus.
I’ve had amazing luck with the gunsmith that built my 300nmi this year. Earl Fouraker builds a mean rifle and rather than going the tikka/prefit route I think I’ll go defiance classic with a barrel blank. I’ll post more about Earl throughout the process. If anybody is looking for a gunsmith that is a perfectionists I can’t recommend him enough.
I’d welcome any feedback on barrel length and twist, caliber, bullet selection, total rifle weight, components, and anything else that might be relevant! My goal is to have the rifle built by October for her first hunt but a lot has to come together for that to happen. She has 2 antelope, a mule deer, and elk tag this year. Last year she went 3 for 3 on tags. This will be an ongoing post.
Tagging a few people that I’ve seen post about youths or just talk a lot (LOL) and might be willing to provide help. I can’t mess this up so let’s hear it! If you’ve gone down this path, what did you like? What would you have changed?
@sndmn11
@spdrman
@ResearchinStuff
@MallardSX2
@KsRancher
@Marshfly
@nodakian
@Laramie
@nphunter
@Marbles
@GODEEP
@huntnful
@fngTony
@mxgsfmdpx
![IMG_1825.jpeg IMG_1825.jpeg](https://forumdata.rokslide.com/file/forumdata/data/attachments/716/716727-0d93e10f4c01476fb5b0b722b230f2c0.jpg)
![IMG_0296.jpeg IMG_0296.jpeg](https://forumdata.rokslide.com/file/forumdata/data/attachments/716/716729-29a12c4b9f9ff97dff0a980786b3f16a.jpg)