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I bought my niece a Remington AAC Micro 7 last year in 300 Blackout and she killed 2 deer with it. Has almost zero recoil and does good on deer out to 200 yds. I took a friends 10 year old daughter that had never shot a gun of any kind.. and by her third shot she was cutting the x at 100 yds. She shot all the ammo I had and was wanting to shoot more. I have another Micro 7 coming tomorrow for when I take kids hunting this year. 125 gr Btip and 18.5 grs of W296 does good.

I got rid if the HH. too heavy up front.
going to look at a ruger ultralight 270 this morning.

Get her that, put a 6x36 Leupold on it and buy her four boxes of Rem Managed Recoil 115s. That oughta get her first few dozen deer.

Ya think she'll be ok with the recoil of a 270??

I could load anything... trailboss and 115's.
Up till now she's only shot 22lr, so everything is up.
my first centerfire rifle was .308, second was a 270WM

I don' t believe that I would go this route. I have a Ruger Ultralight, in .30-06, that I love but it is not a gun for kids. Heck, most adults don't like shooting it much.

How about a Zastava Mini Mauser? You can get her one in .223 or 7.62X39 for around $400 shorten the LOP and have her a nice light weight rifle. I bought my daughter one and she loves it but mine was a little more custom and a .250 Savage. The only down sides to my daughters rifle is limited magazine and tiny bolt handle, neither of these things bother her like they do me.

I'd get a Tikka T3 Lite in .243. Recoil is light, and it's large enough to ethically take deer. They're inexpensive and accurate.

Eric

If you find a gun that fits her right, I don't think she ever regret having a 270.
But like other have said..., 223 & 243 wouldn't be bad choices either.
If you have a rifle with similar recoil to a 270 why not let her shoot it and see how she likes it.

My seven year old is going for deer this year with a Ruger compact 6.8 fitted with a Leupold 1-4. I traded into it when he was a toddler with just this purpose in mind. He's been making his own (very supervised) handloads and we're both pretty pumped.

The AR is a good option with the adjustable stock but I want him to have a good foundation with bolt actions since he'll likely use them more often in life.

For anyone interested, I'd highly recommend the bog pod tripod for kids. My son is deadly with them.

The 270 will work.. but you have to realize the muzzleblast from that 270.. not the recoil mite bother your daughter. We started my niece out when she was 5 on a 243.. I loaded 85gr bullets at the lowest load data in the book. She would not shoot it due to the muzzleblast.. it scared her.. gave her a Marlin 218Bee and she proceeded to shoot it great and killed several deer with it.. then she was more comfortable and I moved her to a 7x30 waters carbine with a muzzle brake. I have been with a lot of kids when they took their first deer and something they are comfortable with is a lot better than a big round.

I was in your spot a few years ago for my 7yr old and thought long and hard about the choice. Then I sighted-in a rifle for a friend's grandson. It was a M700 ADL 7mm-08 Compact/Youth with factory Remington Reduced Recoil loads. Total pussycat.

"Built" my daughter basically the same thing, using a stainless model cut down to 20" in a youth stock we painted. Loaded 100gr bullets over 16gr of Blue Dot at first and the gun barely barked or moved. This was her at age 7 and her first day to shoot any centerfire.





She hunted with Ballistic Tips and a slightly higher charge of Blue Dot. It killed well.







When she needs more power than the Blue Dot loads offer, we'll likely bump up to H4198 and then eventually a full-house load. The great thing about this rifle is she will never outgrow it. There are stock spacers to increase LOP and alternate, good-quality stocks are plentiful. She can hunt with the same rifle for the rest of her life. If making the choice today, I'd go the exact same route.

Buy her a CAR-15 with pink furniture.

257 Roberts or 7mm-08

I bought my daughter a TC Encore 7mm-08 when she was 9 years old. I set out to buy a Rem model 7 but found this one used with a scope. She shot her first deer that year and I even ended up loving that little rifle and still use it a lot today when she isn't hunting.

Bought my wife an Encore in 260, as she is a lefty. I think I like it too and told her I might just have to take it hunting every now and then. (grin)

I passed in the ruger. It was a tang safety and I didn't want to roll the dice on possible accuracy issues.
Are the cz 7.62x39 .308 or .311.

It is hard to beat a lightweight AR15 build in 223, 300BO, or even 6.8 . The collapsible stock and scope mounting options work perfect. But I get it, not everyone is in too them...

I dislike cleaning the AR. Mainly because I was instructed by the USMC how to do it properly.
And i prefer her first real rifle to have some class.
I just finished negotiations on a Hawkeye 77/44...
They ended, fruitlessly, at 750 dollars.

Obvious that most are suggesting rifles for themselves and not a 10 year old. Start and stop on a 223 Montana. Or same/similar 243 at most. Those that say a 7/08, 260, etc have "no" recoil are clueless and have not taught many children or woman. Yes, some are stubborn and will muscle through anything that you give them, but it is about FUN and lay'em all out on the ground and watch them burn barrels out of good 223's and 243's.

Reduced 270, 30/06, etc loads are about retarded. Yes, take a V8 and start yanking plugs as someone has oft stated. A full house 223 with 75gr AMAX or 243 with 95gr NBT will crush a "reduced" anything and be way fun to blast.

Have gotten MANY children and woman absolutely addicted to shooting and it always happened with 223's and 243's. AR's and bolts.