Youth builds

[Muleyczy]

Has anyone done a build for their kid?

 

[Antares]

The Hobbit Rifle

I've had a ton of interest in the gun I put together for my kids and I. Rather than addressing the same questions repetitively I decided to start a thread on it. My brother-in-law and I put two of these together a little over a year ago with great success. We wanted a gun with an adjustable LOP...

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[Cant hit em]

I spiced up a Tikka 243 compact for my daughter . Mostly cosmetic as the thing shoots lights out.

 

[Muleyczy]

The Hobbit Rifle

I've had a ton of interest in the gun I put together for my kids and I. Rather than addressing the same questions repetitively I decided to start a thread on it. My brother-in-law and I put two of these together a little over a year ago with great success. We wanted a gun with an adjustable LOP...

rokslide.com

Awesome thread, thanks. I hadn’t seen that

 

[Muleyczy]

I spiced up a Tikka 243 compact for my daughter . Mostly cosmetic as the thing shoots lights out.

This looks like perfect setup. Compact with 12.5” length of pull.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Another vote for tikka compact. On top of being great guns, They have plastic wafer / scales you can add between the stock and recoil pad to lengthen the stock as your hunter grows. If you get to the point you want a full size stock then take offs are under $100 And pretty easy to source.

243, 6.5 creed, even 308 with some soft recoiling, light bullets are all great options.

 

[cmahoney]

Another vote for tikka compact. On top of being great guns, They have plastic wafer / scales you can add between the stock and recoil pad to lengthen the stock as your hunter grows. If you get to the point you want a full size stock then take offs are under $100 And pretty easy to source.

243, 6.5 creed, even 308 with some soft recoiling, light bullets are all great options.

I wish they made a left handed youth. I have been considering the left hand x bolt youth in .243, or a 22-250 tikka and replacing the stock.


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[Stinky Coyote]

single shot cool but follow ups no fun, build a light hitter in a chassis with adjustable butt stock like magpul ctr and it's not just a kids rifle, here's 3 deer taken by my kids and myself, one rifle, the buck was my youngest first deer at 300 from the top of that valley across the way there, the small doe my oldest took at 355 from across there a couple weekends later and I doubled up with the big doe at 420 immediately after, factory rigs, factory ammo, don't have to get carried away, ruger American ranch in 6.5 Grendel with hornady black eld-m working good for us, mdt chassis, we watched it all in the scope, I had the kids send more in this sniper situation as they could, I made sure they cycled and stayed in the game until they dropped, good practice for em, mine went down on the spot or I would have sent more as well, the buck went 50 and I think the small doe went 40 and don't think they connected much after the first but was fun for Dad to watch the extra copper pills fly across the valley trying yelling 'send another' till it was done lol, don't think they connect again before they went down on fatal hit runners and maybe got a couple more shots each but they were close af under pressure did good, the buck was prone over rolled up carhartts, threw the Harris 9-13 on for the doe double, Trijicon 3-9x40 green dot duplex with Kenton speed dial turret to match load. simple and the kids shoot that illuminated dot very well, rifle at 8.25 lbs with 6.5 ft/lbs recoil energy

after a few seasons with the kids on coyotes and big game and these light hitters, learned a few things, 1. the set up allowed them to see more in scope and easier to send more if possible, 2. the game didn't spook as badly from this set up, even after hit they didn't go as hard, allowing more opportunities, had a coyote offer a second shot on a miss which I'm not sure I've seen before, so definitely a good formula having a repeater with a set up that offers more opportunities to send

second image on the doe was the 420 and directly inline with my kid and over top of him on top of the valley is where we shot from, his doe a little further down the valley and to the left a bit

Justin has a double on some muley's with his kid and much fancier chassis, maybe he'll post here? Good to see the blends of gear. We got ya on the distances though Justin.

 

[Decker9]

We have a custom youth single shot 22, it was built for my dad when he was a wee boy. It has passed through every kid in the family’s hands as a starter rifle. It has 2 stocks, my 9 year old is on the bigger stock but is nearly outgrown it.




Next for her is a nearly matching custom 6.5x55 AI that was built for me when I was a little kid. Iirc the lop is 13 1/4”, by next year when she gets her hunting license, im hoping she fits it.

 

[BCsteve]

Not sure if it counts as a build but here’s a .260 Rem Remington Mountain rifle in a cut SPS synthetic stock with a grind to fit Lymbsaver. Added a cheek riser for their little faces to line up better in the Leupold VX2 2-7x33.

 

[Bfish22]

I wish they made a left handed youth. I have been considering the left hand x bolt youth in .243, or a 22-250 tikka and replacing the stock.


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Get a left handed tikka rifle in the caliber you want and watch for a youth stock for sale. The youth stocks only come in right handdd, but you can grind out the notch for the bolt to make it a lefty real easy. That’s what I did for my son, works great.

 

[BLJ]

Not really a “build”, maybe a “put together”.
Remington 700 youth .243. 20” barrel, Bergara HMR takeoff stock with LOP at 13.25”, EGW 20 MOA rail, Warne Maxima rings, Zeiss 3-12x44 Conquest. 10 pounds, 2.8 ounces with 5 rounds in a Magpul AICS magazine.
100 grain Federal Blue Box under MOA at 100. It is a lot of fun.
I’d like to try some higher BC bullets in it this summer if the barrel will cooperate.

 

[cmahoney]

Get a left handed tikka rifle in the caliber you want and watch for a youth stock for sale. The youth stocks only come in right handdd, but you can grind out the notch for the bolt to make it a lefty real easy. That’s what I did for my son, works great.

Good idea, I didn’t even think about dremmeling a RH stock. The 8 twist 22-250 is what I’m waiting on.


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[BCsteve]

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single shot cool but follow ups no fun, build a light hitter in a chassis with adjustable butt stock like magpul ctr and it's not just a kids rifle, here's 3 deer taken by my kids and myself, one rifle, the buck was my youngest first deer at 300 from the top of that valley across the way there, the small doe my oldest took at 355 from across there a couple weekends later and I doubled up with the big doe at 420 immediately after, factory rigs, factory ammo, don't have to get carried away, ruger American ranch in 6.5 Grendel with hornady black eld-m working good for us, mdt chassis, we watched it all in the scope, I had the kids send more in this sniper situation as they could, I made sure they cycled and stayed in the game until they dropped, good practice for em, mine went down on the spot or I would have sent more as well, the buck went 50 and I think the small doe went 40 and don't think they connected much after the first but was fun for Dad to watch the extra copper pills fly across the valley trying yelling 'send another' till it was done lol, don't think they connect again before they went down on fatal hit runners and maybe got a couple more shots each but they were close af under pressure did good, the buck was prone over rolled up carhartts, threw the Harris 9-13 on for the doe double, Trijicon 3-9x40 green dot duplex with Kenton speed dial turret to match load. simple and the kids shoot that illuminated dot very well, rifle at 8.25 lbs with 6.5 ft/lbs recoil energy

after a few seasons with the kids on coyotes and big game and these light hitters, learned a few things, 1. the set up allowed them to see more in scope and easier to send more if possible, 2. the game didn't spook as badly from this set up, even after hit they didn't go as hard, allowing more opportunities, had a coyote offer a second shot on a miss which I'm not sure I've seen before, so definitely a good formula having a repeater with a set up that offers more opportunities to send

second image on the doe was the 420 and directly inline with my kid and over top of him on top of the valley is where we shot from, his doe a little further down the valley and to the left a bit

Justin has a double on some muley's with his kid and much fancier chassis, maybe he'll post here? Good to see the blends of gear. We got ya on the distances though Justin.

Just grabbed an MDT LSS to give it a try. The chopped stock is getting short for the older kid but still good for the younger one. An adjustable LOP makes sense. Just need to change the stock.

 

[Yellowknife]

Good idea, I didn’t even think about dremmeling a RH stock. The 8 twist 22-250 is what I’m waiting on.


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It's not terribly hard to cut down a Tikka stock either. I cut an inch off an old one with a miter saw, then attached a grind to fit pad. There was enough webbing left that the screw locations still worked.

Of the various guns they have shot, my kids have preferred the lightest possible. Even if we are just shooting from a rest or bipod, they like to be able to lift, carry, and generally handle them themselves. The heavy guns turn them into trigger pullers. YMMV

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[Muleyczy]

Not sure if it counts as a build but here’s a .260 Rem Remington Mountain rifle in a cut SPS synthetic stock with a grind to fit Lymbsaver. Added a cheek riser for their little faces to line up better in the Leupold VX2 2-7x33.

I thought about doing the same but was wondering how cutting a SPS synthetic stock is. Aren’t they hollow? How’d you attached recoil pad….maybe it’s not hollow like I think. I’ll have to get my hands on one and try

 

[mt100gr.]

I thought about doing the same but was wondering how cutting a SPS synthetic stock is. Aren’t they hollow? How’d you attached recoil pad….maybe it’s not hollow like I think. I’ll have to get my hands on one and try

I cut down a hollow Ruger American stock for my girls. Once I had the LOP cut and cleaned up a bit, I cut out and shaped a piece of 3/4" plywood to fit just inside the hollow stock and flush with my cut. Epoxy that inside the stock and then you can glue or screw whatever recoil pad you want onto it. Worked perfectly and looks clean.

 

[waldo9190]

I spiced up a Tikka 243 compact for my daughter . Mostly cosmetic as the thing shoots lights out.

This is very similar to what I'm putting together for my wife. Been tossing up 243 vs. 7mm-08, but given that 99% of it's life will be a deer/antelope rig the 243 makes too much sense.

 

[BCsteve]

I thought about doing the same but was wondering how cutting a SPS synthetic stock is. Aren’t they hollow? How’d you attached recoil pad….maybe it’s not hollow like I think. I’ll have to get my hands on one and try

It is hollow. The top screw hole was still present and could be used. I had to build something to screw in the bottom screw ( can't remember if I epoxied a piece of wood or just built up some JBWeld?) but it created something to screw in.

 

[BCsteve]

We’ll see how the girls like the MDT.