My nephew is turning 12 years old and will be taking hunters safety shortly after that. I have expressed interest in buying him his first center fire rifle. Because of there financial situation his parents have not been able to buy him a gun. I approached the father first and his is good with me paying for it. This kid has gone hunting with us since he was 6 years old but this will be the first year that he can actually carry a rifle.
Any way he is not a real big kid. He is probably a little over 5 foot tall and may be weighs 100lbs. His father would like some thing that can take a deer but will not recoil enough to scare him away from shooting.
I sujested letting him try a few guns at the range but his father wants it to be a suprise so I conseded to my brothers wishes. So the question is what round would work well for a skinny 12 year old to kill a deer? The only thing I have to go on is the kid does not like bolt actions...
as far as the law here in Idaho you can hunt big game with any centerfire round (even the 25acp). Most of the shots take place at less than 80 yards. The terrain where we hunt is hilly and forested with a fair amount of brush. We do a lot of walking so some thing really heavy is out of the question.
so what gun would you sujest for this situation.
Any way he is not a real big kid. He is probably a little over 5 foot tall and may be weighs 100lbs. His father would like some thing that can take a deer but will not recoil enough to scare him away from shooting.
I sujested letting him try a few guns at the range but his father wants it to be a suprise so I conseded to my brothers wishes. So the question is what round would work well for a skinny 12 year old to kill a deer? The only thing I have to go on is the kid does not like bolt actions...
as far as the law here in Idaho you can hunt big game with any centerfire round (even the 25acp). Most of the shots take place at less than 80 yards. The terrain where we hunt is hilly and forested with a fair amount of brush. We do a lot of walking so some thing really heavy is out of the question.
so what gun would you sujest for this situation.
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