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<blockquote data-quote="Paladin300" data-source="post: 2940785" data-attributes="member: 115299"><p>I see a lot of comments about rifle weight and I agree the best way to mitigate recoil is weight. For the 243 and 6.5 creed I would suggest a 7.5-8lbs rifle. The second suggestion would be bullet weight. Shoot a light weight bullet, 90 grain in the 243, 120-123 in the 6.5 creed. If you feel those are to much for him to handle get a 223 Rem and shoot 64 grain pills. As I stated earlier ammo availability is really the driving factor here for me. Any of these calibers will work in the above configuration. My daughters rifle was a single shot T/C Contender Prohunter in 22-250, weighed about 8.5 lbs scoped. You can't hardly find them anymore but 15-20 years ago they were the gun to have, built three of them I liked the modularity. The gun could grow with the child. Today I might would go with a Tikka because of the aftermarket support. JMT</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paladin300, post: 2940785, member: 115299"] I see a lot of comments about rifle weight and I agree the best way to mitigate recoil is weight. For the 243 and 6.5 creed I would suggest a 7.5-8lbs rifle. The second suggestion would be bullet weight. Shoot a light weight bullet, 90 grain in the 243, 120-123 in the 6.5 creed. If you feel those are to much for him to handle get a 223 Rem and shoot 64 grain pills. As I stated earlier ammo availability is really the driving factor here for me. Any of these calibers will work in the above configuration. My daughters rifle was a single shot T/C Contender Prohunter in 22-250, weighed about 8.5 lbs scoped. You can’t hardly find them anymore but 15-20 years ago they were the gun to have, built three of them I liked the modularity. The gun could grow with the child. Today I might would go with a Tikka because of the aftermarket support. JMT [/QUOTE]
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