........and a shotgun.
My previous post and good, resulting feedback about the Remington 783 all got thrown a curve ball this past weekend.
I found an H&R 058 with a .30-30 barrel and a 3" 20 gauge barrel at a decent price. All metal is very nice. The wood quite nice, as well.
I'm kinda reasoning out that the recoil of the .30-30 should be quite tolerable for my son (he has Down Syndrome and has not shot anything larger than .22 RF as yet). If it's more than he is comfortable with, I can always load him some reduced stuff with light bullets. The wooden stock can be easily shortened if need be. The 20 gauge barrel will swap right in for spring turkey, requiring him to only be one familiar with one gun.
I am leaning heavily toward mounting a 3 MOA Burris red dot on the gun for both deer and turkey duties as I plan to limit his shots on deer to 50 yards or less. Keeping things as simple to operate for him as I can.
