rageinthesage Report post Posted August 1, 2015 .338 Lapua mag All joking aside, some of the folks listed some excellent calibers. My first hunting rifle was my pops old .303 British, with a shortned stock, cool old gun. Congrats to your youngster on the tag and good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STOMP442 Report post Posted August 1, 2015 The ol 250-3000 gets my vote. A 115 Berger at 2800 plus is more than enough for just about anything in Arizona with less recoil than a .243. My nephew has used his to take elk no problem and I have taken deer at 663 yards with mine. Awesome caliber for youth. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
duckhunter175 Report post Posted August 1, 2015 any of the .25s or 6.5s... lots of good choices for rifles and off the shelf ammo for the 6.5CM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beaton Report post Posted August 1, 2015 .243 is what my kids still shoot today unless they are chasing elk. Other than that I would recommend a .270 or a 7mm 08. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flatlander Report post Posted August 2, 2015 Why would you need less recoil than a .243? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
208muley Report post Posted August 2, 2015 +2 on the 6.5 creedmoor. Real nice caliber, fun to shoot, can get high bc bullets to help with stretching it out there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted August 2, 2015 I absolutely love my 1955 243, that thing is a tac driver, just a little short on range in my opinion. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeithV Report post Posted August 2, 2015 Two of my boys have savage model 11 trophy hunters in creedmoor they shoot very nice and do the job well. I bought my wife an older Fn mauser 243 that stomps brother did a really nice job on the stock i wish i had done before and after pics its a really sweet rifle as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hucker Report post Posted August 2, 2015 Another vote for the .257 Roberts. I'm have my 9 year old shooting it now. I received a Ruger M77 in .257 Roberts for my 16th birthday and have shot a lot of game with it. It will be my son's gun in 1 year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
257 STW Report post Posted August 2, 2015 257 weatherby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mocha1545 Report post Posted August 2, 2015 All suggestions are really good. Except the 338 Lapua! Haha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flatlander Report post Posted August 2, 2015 With my kids, I will be trying to stay away from breaks . Flash and noise are just as likely to contribute to developing poor habits as recoil. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bhuntin Report post Posted August 2, 2015 I bought my first at 13 a 7mm rem mag remington 700 adl deluxe ...200 clams , still use it today at 50..no muzzle breaks or anything,just a 2x7 vx11 luepold ..will own it and shoot it till i die and then its my sons( its his favorite now)..best gun purchase i have ever made Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lamrith Report post Posted August 3, 2015 Yeah 6.5's are pretty sweet rounds. 6.5 Grendel as well as creedmore. Grendel will not have the velocity of creedmore so 500 be right about the max I would think for deer, though people have taken elk @400yrds with it. Nice thing about it is that it is a very very mellow recoil round, and with the 6.5 bullet high BC flies really far. In terms of target shootong guys regularly shoot them to 1k, and one guy shot 1760 a few weeks ago. It is now a Saami spec round also, Hornady makes some great factory ammo for target & hunting. It fits in std AR platform, so if you have a few of them you can get a barrel/bolt combo and some magazines and convert an existing AR. Saves $ and some of the young generation will stay more interested being an AR platform. Mine has a $300 18"barrel/bolt and shoots .6MOA all day long. GL and congrats for your son, great to see families passing on hunting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
