My 7 year old daughter killed a toe head with my ruger American predator in 6.5 creedmoor at 277yds in youth season and since I gave my oldest a rifle last year after telling her she could hunt with my rifle until she killed a deer then it was her rifle now the youngest is wanting my creedmoor. The problem is it's a full length rifle with 22" barrel and standard stock. Got a compact stock on the way but wanting to shorten the barrel to 18" but hadn't seen any creedmoors running that short of a barrel? Has anyone seen or ran a short barrel in 6.5 creedmoor? If so how much did it affect it? Would like to be comfortable taking a 400 yd shot with it. She watched and spotted for me to get a buck with same gun at 461 yds. Now that being said she is not your typical 7 year old girl when it comes to hunting and shooting, she practices a lot and if the animal don't cooperate she don't try to push the shot. She understands the difference between a good clean kill and wounding one. So I don't want to limit her or the gun if shortening it 4" will kill the performance of it. Please share your input.
