sir_n0thing
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Nice find! I bet she'll enjoy it.
Graduation rifle for Daughter
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I'm going to refinish the stock and maybe take to smith to repair a little worn blue at the muzzle.Mike Irwin
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Go classic -- A Savage 99 in .243, .250 Savage, .300 Savage, or .308.
Singlesix1954
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As a dad of a teenaged "Huntress" myself, I think you did great. If you are able to swing it, a special hunt away from home with her would realy sweetin' the pot. The gun is special but the memories of a father/daughter hunt are pricless.
Congrats on your find and her graduation. Good luck with all of it.
Congrats on your find and her graduation. Good luck with all of it.
My vote would be a Browning X Bolt Medallion. I just feel a graduation gift should be quality, not some cheap plastic rifle.
That said, if you don't want to spend that the Savage Model 10 at Walmart with a cheap scope and the accu trigger is one hell of a rifle for $387 it costs. However, if I was getting someone a graduation present, I'd get them something with a nicer wood stock that the could cherish for the rest of their life. As much as I love the Savages, and they shoot just as good or better than any Browning I've seen, the stocks, and all aren't up to part with the Brownings.
That said, if you don't want to spend that the Savage Model 10 at Walmart with a cheap scope and the accu trigger is one hell of a rifle for $387 it costs. However, if I was getting someone a graduation present, I'd get them something with a nicer wood stock that the could cherish for the rest of their life. As much as I love the Savages, and they shoot just as good or better than any Browning I've seen, the stocks, and all aren't up to part with the Brownings.
ohen cepel
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For a special occasion like that I think a Ruger #1.
Didn't see the Mark X post.
My Ruger Compact SS in 260 is wonderful. A shorter LOP and that 16.5" barrel makes a wonderful youth/ladies rifle. 260 is not catalogued, but 7mm-08 and 243 are listed. My choice would be the 7 since you mentioned longish shots.
I own a Mark X in 6.5-06, and a 280 that I gave my youngest son. They are shooters with those Shaw barrels.
My Ruger Compact SS in 260 is wonderful. A shorter LOP and that 16.5" barrel makes a wonderful youth/ladies rifle. 260 is not catalogued, but 7mm-08 and 243 are listed. My choice would be the 7 since you mentioned longish shots.
I own a Mark X in 6.5-06, and a 280 that I gave my youngest son. They are shooters with those Shaw barrels.
Well I had a little time today to start the refinish for Mary's Mark X stock. Let's just start with when they finished this stock they may have been in a hurry, because the buttplate and the grip-cap fit badly!
Anyways here's some pics. as you can see the buttplate is chipped so I ordered a Pachmyr thin recoil pad from Midway.(file to fit) of course.
Also I removed some large dents with an iron today.
Anyways here's some pics. as you can see the buttplate is chipped so I ordered a Pachmyr thin recoil pad from Midway.(file to fit) of course. Also I removed some large dents with an iron today.
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The .243 is an excellent choice for deer and antelope. I would find the lightest rifle reasonably available in whatever price range you choose. I also like the 22 inch barrel.
I have a pre 64 M70 FWT that I have used, along with several other cartridges, for many years. The 90-100gr bullets are designed for deer and I have had a greater percentage of in the tracks kills with it than others, including the 7mm Mag. Probably 250 has been my max distance with mule deer, but have killed two antelope at slightly over 500 yards.
You have to carry a hunting rifle a lot more than you shoot it at game so don't get one too heavy to carry all day in rough country. While I would prefer a 22" barrel over any other length, I would go for the 20" over a 24".
Of course a varmint rifle is a different story.
Regards,
Jerry
I have a pre 64 M70 FWT that I have used, along with several other cartridges, for many years. The 90-100gr bullets are designed for deer and I have had a greater percentage of in the tracks kills with it than others, including the 7mm Mag. Probably 250 has been my max distance with mule deer, but have killed two antelope at slightly over 500 yards.
You have to carry a hunting rifle a lot more than you shoot it at game so don't get one too heavy to carry all day in rough country. While I would prefer a 22" barrel over any other length, I would go for the 20" over a 24".
Of course a varmint rifle is a different story.
Regards,
Jerry
My experience is that girls don't want guns.
And if they do want guns, they don't want the guns you think they should want.
In 2008 I heard about a US GI in Iraq who's daughter wanted a rifle.
He was in Iraq. She was in Wa DC. I was in Seattle.
I built her a 243 on a 1903 Turk Mauser action, but when I weighed it, and emailed the weight, she was not going to be able to pick it up.
So I built her another 243, this one was a feather weight.
I worked on it every night after work for 2 months.
I got to meet the GI and his daughter on the way to Grandpa's farm when they landed at the Seattle air port. I gave them the rifle. She could lift the light one.
I wonder if she ever shot it.
And if they do want guns, they don't want the guns you think they should want.
In 2008 I heard about a US GI in Iraq who's daughter wanted a rifle.
He was in Iraq. She was in Wa DC. I was in Seattle.
I built her a 243 on a 1903 Turk Mauser action, but when I weighed it, and emailed the weight, she was not going to be able to pick it up.
So I built her another 243, this one was a feather weight.
I worked on it every night after work for 2 months.
I got to meet the GI and his daughter on the way to Grandpa's farm when they landed at the Seattle air port. I gave them the rifle. She could lift the light one.
I wonder if she ever shot it.
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Stock refinish update!
I purchased a Pachmyr "grind to fit" thinrecoil pad for the mauser. It came flat, and I had to bevel both heel and toe to get it to fit snuggly. There were a lot,(a whole freakin bunch) of raw scratches in the stock that had to be taken out. These pics are after one coat of Special Walnut.
I purchased a Pachmyr "grind to fit" thinrecoil pad for the mauser. It came flat, and I had to bevel both heel and toe to get it to fit snuggly. There were a lot,(a whole freakin bunch) of raw scratches in the stock that had to be taken out. These pics are after one coat of Special Walnut.
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Put anothr coat of Minwax on it last night....Since the minwax penetrates, stains, and seals, I may just leave it right here. Any opinions on the quality of "sealer" in Minwax stains???? And by the way, this stock is made of some weird grained wood, but it's pretty, and Mary thinks I bought her a new stock!!
And by the way, this stock is made of some weird grained wood, but it's pretty, and Mary thinks I bought her a new stock!!
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Actually the need for a recoil pad is not there, however the original "buttplate" was the hard plastic type,and it was chipped badly at the toe. So I added this "basketweave pattern" Pachmyr rubber pad to keep it from sliding say, out of a corner if she were to lean the rifle into one. It also looks alittle nicer than the original. also LOP is pretty much right on now, so adding a thicker pad could make it harder for her to "cheek weld" the rifle.
also LOP is pretty much right on now, so adding a thicker pad could make it harder for her to "cheek weld" the rifle.IDAHO83501
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Weatherby Vanguard in aither .243, or 7mm 08, or .270. A great value, good and accurate.