My 9 year old son has a Ruger American compact in 7 mm-08 and the recoil is more than I expected. He’s already using Hornady custom lite reduced ammo. He killed 5 deer up close with it last year but worried he will develop bad shooting habits like flinching. Debating on letting him stick with this gun or trade it in on something else and if so what. What can we do to further reduce recoil. Not wanting a muzzle break or suppressor. Do other youth guns have less felt recoil in 7mm-08 or do you change to .243. I did realize that the Ruger has an 18” barrel and most youth rifles have a 20” barrel. Not sure how much difference 2” of barrel makes. As a side note he shoots left handed and the gun is right handed and would be nice if traded to get him in LH gun. All suggestions would be appreciated.
