Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Left Hand Rifle for Daughter - Ruger Hawkeye or X-Bolt

I already know I am unlucky. You didn't have to rub it in Flinch

Browning.

Ruger if it was my daughter.

But then I'm an unabashed, self admitted fan of Ruger bolt guns. And I don't care much for Browning's bolts.

If the rifle is truly for her, the best thing you can do is let her pick it out. Let her make the comparison and come to her on conclusion. Yes I favor Browning over Ruger and Remington, but that is the conclusion based on my experience and preference. Bottom line, if she chooses any one of the three, she will have a great rifle, period. Then you get to do it all over again with picking out a scope.

When my twelve year old daughter started hunting, every rifle I'd accumulated for that specific purpose she passed on. She reached in the safe and took out a remington 700 in 270 that I'd picked up as a project gun for myself and said this is the one I'm going to use. I'm a lefty and the bolt was right for me, not for her but she used that rifle up until she left for college and brought home deer with it every year. I guess I wasn't good at figuring out what they wanted and found it best to let them decide.

No question the Browning would get my vote. More accurate, lighter, more comfortable to shoot, considerably better recoil pad, and better trigger.

Don't really see the comparison. (I own both Rugers and X-Bolts by the way) My opinion is based on empirical evidence witnessed in my own examples.

Thanks Horseman.

There it is.

Browning, light weight, and more to the point great shooters out of the box. She'll thank you later.