TradLife406
WKR
My kid turns 10 next summer and her great uncle wants her to come to the ranch and do some doe patrol.
Not worried about caliber.
But she's not a big kid. And I really want to take advantage of how rifles these days are made to fit the shooter. I want her to have a kid that'll fit her and her siblings.
I thought about building her a 6 Creed with a short carbon barrel with a can. But that's not realistic with my budget.
Kind of looking at a Sig Cross because I think with the stock sucked up it should be short enough. Then the barrel is threaded. And it's only like 6.5lb so it'd be light enough she could carry it. How are the Sigs? Not crazy about the Creed but it should be about perfect for a deer gun and lots of ammo available and I hand load. Then the stock folds to the side too right so she'd have an easy time carrying it to our vantage points on the crick bluffs?
Also looking at the Tikkas. They have their compacts or I could get a full size gun and drop it into a chassis and thread the barrel for her.
Also Savage 110 have an adjustable stock now too.
Just remember being a kid with grandpas rifles that didn't fit and weren't zeroed. I missed so many deer. I don't want her to have to struggle!
Not worried about caliber.
But she's not a big kid. And I really want to take advantage of how rifles these days are made to fit the shooter. I want her to have a kid that'll fit her and her siblings.
I thought about building her a 6 Creed with a short carbon barrel with a can. But that's not realistic with my budget.
Kind of looking at a Sig Cross because I think with the stock sucked up it should be short enough. Then the barrel is threaded. And it's only like 6.5lb so it'd be light enough she could carry it. How are the Sigs? Not crazy about the Creed but it should be about perfect for a deer gun and lots of ammo available and I hand load. Then the stock folds to the side too right so she'd have an easy time carrying it to our vantage points on the crick bluffs?
Also looking at the Tikkas. They have their compacts or I could get a full size gun and drop it into a chassis and thread the barrel for her.
Also Savage 110 have an adjustable stock now too.
Just remember being a kid with grandpas rifles that didn't fit and weren't zeroed. I missed so many deer. I don't want her to have to struggle!