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My son and I just got his first rifle picked out, scope mounted and ready to sight in. Fun day for me, gun shopping with my oldest.
He is small for his age so we did a lot of looking in both types of rifles and caliber. He shoots my 243 Win well but it has a long, medium barrel on it and it’s too heavy for him to handle well. I had my mind set on a youth model 243 for him. But he and I both really liked the Ruger American Rancher model. It fit him well but the only caliber we could find for him was the 6.5 Grendel. It goes against all my “stick with the old tried and true” feelings, but we decided to give a try after some research on the caliber.
Hopefully we can get it sighted in and get him on his first buck in a few weeks.
He is small for his age so we did a lot of looking in both types of rifles and caliber. He shoots my 243 Win well but it has a long, medium barrel on it and it’s too heavy for him to handle well. I had my mind set on a youth model 243 for him. But he and I both really liked the Ruger American Rancher model. It fit him well but the only caliber we could find for him was the 6.5 Grendel. It goes against all my “stick with the old tried and true” feelings, but we decided to give a try after some research on the caliber.
Hopefully we can get it sighted in and get him on his first buck in a few weeks.