I'll be in a similar situation soon. I seem to have an abundance of 6.5x55 rifles so I think I'm going to start my son on one.
Bad move! Start him on 6.5"s and he'll never want to shoot anything else.
I'll be in a similar situation soon. I seem to have an abundance of 6.5x55 rifles so I think I'm going to start my son on one.
When I was his age, my old man got me started deer hunting with a Remington 742 Woodmaster chambered in 30-06. I remember it had a pretty good kick to it, but I couldn't wait to shoot it every time we went to the range. It has a special place in my safe now.
I've got a .270WIN Mossberg 100 ATR I am looking to offload with a Nikon Prostaff scope already on it and mounted. I'll sell ya the rifle, scope, sling, reloading dies, brass and the store bought loaded ammo I have for it for $325.
.270WIN might be a little more kick than you want but I had buddies in highschool who started on .270's as well. Boyd's now makes stocks for this rifle for around $100 so custom fitment to a smaller framed person wouldn't be too much of an issue.
I started all my kids on a 243, they all still shoot the same round except for one that got herself a 270 now. When the Marlin X series rifles came out we got each one a XS7 with a scope. I floated the barrels and changed the trigger guard to a metal one, for $350 each with the scope it was the best bang for the buck, the plus side is these rifles use the old Remington 788 action and use Savage barrels and pro-trigger. The rifle can be rebarreled cheap to other calibers and they drive tacks.
No they don't ... mostly Savage copy:Huh? They have locking lugs in the rear?
No they don't ... mostly Savage copy:
http://www.longrangehunting.com/articles/marlin-xl7-review-1.php
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