The end goal is to introduce children that are not my own to 3 specific rifles they may actually use for big game hunting in the near future without the expense of purchasing new rifles for kids that are not my own. I'm looking at the progressive approach here. They are already competent with .22s, and I have a single shot Henry .357 in the arsenal, the daughter has claimed this one as hers. Looking at moving them up to the bolt action centerfires, and eventually working towards a power level suitable for short range whitetail. Their parents are young and not wealthy, so not much of a gun budget for specialty rifles there, any they buy will have to be multi-kid, multi-purpose. I've offered up a few of mine for loan, but the recoil with anything approaching full power is too much for the youngsters. I also have a relatively short shooting range at the cabin, so the low velocity plinker will be useful for dinging steel and tipping birch "pins" without full report and recoil for this as well. The speer half jacket is just a 100 pack purchase to test the concept, I will likely go to a 125-150ish cast bullet moving forward. I do not cast my own, so will be a purchased bullet.