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Here is what I did for my daughter, and it is even easier now.

Picked her up a Tikka T3 Lite (plastic stock) .308, and had the barrel cut to 20"s and threaded for a brake.

Picked up a wooden stock and cut it down to fit her, and put a flip flop pad on it.

She shot the cut down wood stocked rifle the first few years, then switched to the full sized stock later.

Now days you can get a compact T3, with a shorter length of pull and a 20" barrel from the factory. That said, you might still consider still doing as above, depending on the size of the child, and the amount of clothing he will be wearing when shooting it.

With a brake, my kid could not tell the difference between the .308 shooting full power 155 scenar loads and a custom 6mm Remington T3 (no brake) she used on a deer her first time out. I made sure that during practice she doubled up on ear plugs and ear muffs. Then in the field I had her use ear plugs. She has never complained about the recoil, and she is a pretty petite kid.











It now wears the full size stock, and she loves that rifle.