But then my son told me, "Dad, I really don't want to use your 45-70, I'm afraid I'll see a deer, get excited, and forget to hold on. Then the scope will bite me in the face!"
Well, obviously I couldn't argue with the logic of a new hunter 9yr old, so I started looking thru my rifles for a better option for him. I was thinking my 6.5 grendel AR, but it is a bit heavy to carry all day. All my other options have too long of a stock LOP for him.
So I went to the gun store to look for a kid friendly sling, and hanging right there on the front wall was this compact Ruger Hawkeye.
It didn't have a scope, but I got it out the door for $500. Yanked the rings and scope off my other M77 Hawkeye and now we have a nice little 308 deer gun for the kids. I'm going to load up some 125 grn light loads for him, since a 16.5" 308 is going to kick with full house loads. Should be a good rifle for him to grow into, and the next two kids can use it after him. Really thought I was done buying rifles....
Well, obviously I couldn't argue with the logic of a new hunter 9yr old, so I started looking thru my rifles for a better option for him. I was thinking my 6.5 grendel AR, but it is a bit heavy to carry all day. All my other options have too long of a stock LOP for him.
So I went to the gun store to look for a kid friendly sling, and hanging right there on the front wall was this compact Ruger Hawkeye.
It didn't have a scope, but I got it out the door for $500. Yanked the rings and scope off my other M77 Hawkeye and now we have a nice little 308 deer gun for the kids. I'm going to load up some 125 grn light loads for him, since a 16.5" 308 is going to kick with full house loads. Should be a good rifle for him to grow into, and the next two kids can use it after him. Really thought I was done buying rifles....
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