My Joey boy is 9, too young for this year's white tail youth hunt. But next year I can take him deer hunting.
I started thinking about what I should have him use for a rifle, a light kicker for a little guy. Then I remembered it's legal to hunt deer in MN with .223, well I don't have one. But I do have a 22-250 and a 220 swift.
The 22-250 weighs over 13 lbs and is very long, very bulky and the scope is too big, 6.5-20.
But, the 220 swift is new, Ruger standard M77 MKII... has a nice burris FFII 3-9 on it, perfect.
I have a year to work up a deer load for it, for now I picked up a box of the only 220 swift fact ammo I could find. Winchester 50 gr soft points.
I'll run a rod and patch down the tube to measure the twist, I'm not sure what it would be, hoping it's 1 in 8 but I suppose it's a little slower.
I'll tell him my plan tonight and show him the rifle, get him all excited about it and next time I get a chance I'll help him shoot it so he can see what center fire is all about.
I picked up an H&R Handi youth-stocked model in .223 last fall for when my kid is old enough. He is 5 now, so it will be a while. 1/9 twist lets you shoot the medium-heavy bullets just fine. Bushnell 3-9 4200 on it.
It shoots the factory 55 grain TSX ammo into a few inches at 100, but I have yet to try the 62 grain TSX in handloads.
