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The Yute might be a hunting Son of a Gun, but not be the least bit interested in the tool, Win, Rem, Rug might be just fine to him as long as it kills. I have several hunting buddies like this. .... The Indian or the bow? Several very proficient hunters have already posted on this thread. It matters not what is in their hands. They are going to kill something... If the boy is cut from the same fabric, more power to him... I most certainly didn't mean to imply that the youngster was running afoul by being the way I implied. Many care about the hunt, the tools are just that.. And yes! Absolutely more power to him.. No offense taken or implied...
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Ok, my two cents worth..........a 7mm-08 properly loaded will suffice for anything that 95% of us will ever hunt. Decent recoil, great accuracy, and will work at any range that the same 95% will ever shoot.
If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice.
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Ok I skipped to the end
I know it might hurt but just pass him your beloved 30-06 when he's ready.
My dad waited too long and I already had my own rifles when he started offering.
Would've loved "cutting me teeth" with one of his rifles.
Good news is, my son got a couple of grampa's guns.
My 2 cents
Bore size is no substitute for shot placement and Power is no substitute for bullet performance. 458WIN
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A 30-06 is never a mistake. They don’t recoil much at all and they’ll kill more or less anything on the planet. If a man has to have only one rifle that he might hunt anything anywhere with, that’s the choice. You can get suitable ammunition from Walmart to some back country store in Africa, Australia, or even Europe. It is truly the most widespread cartridge in the world.
Get him started with that. Later he’ll decide if he wants to move into loony status and get more specialized tools for different jobs.
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OP: did you end up making a decision?
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My son and I talked about this a couple of days ago. This summer, we are going to spend some time looking over some rifles and see if anything especially appeals to him. Most of our extra time this spring will be taken up with sports, turkeys, and wishing. He really doesn’t care about cartridge, but ultimately I’ll leave that up to him as well. He understands the logic of readily available (in normal times) factory ammo so we are going to focus on .308, .270, .30/06, etc.
Thanks for the input.
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Its just a good decision to go 308 win 30-06 or 270win. Most my life ive used a 308 with excellent results and standard cup core 180gr bullets. Predictable results. When i was young a few times i used a 30-06 but it got sold off for some reason so back to the 308 it was.
Today i have a 30-06 again and want to get to know it and i picked up a 270 win for the first time and am excited to use it and see how it performs and if it has any lighter recoil or any desirable characteristics. Still my everyday driver if you will is my 308 win Ruger scout rifle. Its my beater, but any of these three old established cartridges are a smart move. Now that i have the three theres nothing else i need. They do it all.
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One does not get "better" by adding recoil,noise,schit handling,expense,etc and minimal Trigger Time. Read that again. Now one more time. .
Gives me an idea to mull, Maybe I should get my grandson a .22 with a silencer and night vision scope so he and his buddies could shoot rats at the dump at night, and people couldn't hear and call the cops. That would give them lots of trigger time and they don't have very many places to just loiter or hang out.
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I’d be looking at a Kimber Classic Select grade in .270 Win.
That’s what I’m thinking for my daughter. The others haven’t really shown an interest yet.
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