The hunter sure feels great, as good as the 7. My buddy has contemplated selling his, he usually shoots his 700 ss/syn he had chopped down to 20in in 708 or his 7 like mine in 708. But he got bit by the 6.5 bug. The hunter is punishing for both of us. We both werent expecting that kind of recoil. It wasnt just me. His daughter handed it back to him after she shot it also.
I did have a youth model 7 in wood stock in 708, it was rough. I agree that would be a terrible choice for a kid. I was reducing loading at the time for that gun but ended up getting rid of it.
I still have the old walnut model 7 243 my father bought me when I was nine.
Last edited by killerv; 12/07/22.
