Looking at getting my 11 year old his own rifle.

[ozyclint]

Cocked, locked and ready to rock Doc!
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You Roksliders are a bunch of undisciplined cowboys.

 

[eric1115]

You Roksliders are a bunch of undisciplined cowboys.

Let me tell you something, WKR. When we get out there on a VonBenedikt thread you're gonna need my MHG, so y'all'd better learn to be team players.

 

[OneShot]

I bought my girls (7 & 8) a Howa mini in 6 arc. Cut the stock down to fit their LOP. They love shooting the gun and it has already killed 3 deer this season. I was going to get them a 223, but the other states we hunt in, a 223 isn’t legal. Went straight to the 6mm round so when they have tags, they already have their gun.

 

[Rednoserocker]

There have been a lot of good options listed. My oldest daughter is 8. She has been hunting with me since she was 4. Last year she wanted to graduate from a BB gun so we started with a 22lr. I have just about every caliber Handi Rifle produced and 3 in the 357. One of the 3 has been reamed to 357 Maximum. My plan moving forward is to let her shoot 38spl for a while and then graduate to the 357 mag. I want to thread my Maximum barrel and eventually bump her up to that. Shots for her will be in the 100 yard range. Moving along, my plan is to let her keep graduating up to calibers she feels comfortable with 243,25-06 on up. Once she finds her sweet spot I will invest in a nice bolt action that she can keep forever.

 

[Nate L]

Great info, my oldest boy will be turning 11 this year and is looking to hunt this coming fall, came here looking for some opinions and glad to see the topic already covered.

 

[nreynolds84]

I got an adjustable rifle (SIG Cross) so that I can adjust it for the kids as they grow, but also still be able to shoot it myself.

What caliber did you settle on?

 

[HunterGatherer]

What caliber did you settle on?

Went with the 6.5 PRC because there were not a lot of caliber options offered in the Sawtooth configuration. It’s a gun for me as much as it is for the kids. If it was strictly for the kids I would have gone with a regular cross in a smaller (less recoil) caliber but it’s drastically less recoil than the alternative that I have available, which is a fixed stock 30-06…