I picked up a beat up old Win M70 Ranger youth in 223Rem. The stock is all scratched and has been shortened at least another inch over standard "youth" length stocks. The bore is pretty pitted, however it still shoots ~1.5" groups @ 100yds w/55gn softs or 50gn V-max. It's got an OLD 3.5-10x40 Leupold pre-click adjust, pre-Multi-coat IV. But, it works. I can let almost any kid shoot it. The 22" bbl coupled w/only bing 223Rem to begin with doesn't bother ears or shoulders. Typically w/kids I just set up a 10" gong @ 100yds and let them bang away to their heart's content. Getting to be a fair number of friends kid's who've taken deer with that old beater.
In fact, Daughter 1 (she's 10 and smallish) is going to be shooting it @ steel this afternoon.
Last edited by horse1; 09/15/19.
