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so my wife left and i found a new girl friend... she's got a couple boys of bout the rite age to get started shootin and fishin. hope they like it. my boy's just a bit young, 2 1/2. problem is i got rid of my .243 mountian rifle, and i aint found "the" 6.5x55. it took me 13 years to amass what i currently own on a little mans budget. you know, trade marbles for sling shots, and sling shots, for knives, ect. ect. i now have NO hunting rifles for kids that'll take a scope. they should really learn on open sights i think, but for hunting i'd like a scoped rifle. guess i just gotta find "that" gun. bad problem to have aint it now lol. problem i have is i like "nice" guns not just your run of the mill sps, m77, and i hate savage, not that they don't shoot... i gust like "nice" things. let him shoot with a $700-$800 rifle. i shoulda baught that 1885 browning .243 but it was the wrong cal. for ME and it is MY rifle. so i need a "nice" 6.5 "kids" gun. i like a mannlicher stock and a 22" bbl. and it needs to be about 6.5lbs. no scope... i know, bad problem to have aint it? any ideas or am i just being too picky?
let me give you boys a lil' tip. you might wanna turn off that engine 'fore you go and change that there fan belt!
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IMO you are being too picky. Besides, do you really want to put a $7-800 rifle, plus scope, in the hands of a young hunter and expect them not to bang it up? Go Stevens or used. you can always trade up later.
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Superlight Handi-Rifle� Compact 243 and 5.5 pounds open sights and scope mounts
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Don't think you can do 6.5# with a Mannlicher stock unless you go Model 7 and a MPI synthetic. http://www.mpistocks.com/manlk.htmYou'll be way over budget. As bbassi said, go Stevens, or a synthetic stocked Savage package gun. Here's the youth model. http://savagearms.com/firearms/models/Best bang for the buck. Put an adult stock on when they grow into it, or sell it and get a nicer one. Especially if this relationship ends up going south, you don't want a high dollar firearm going with it. Not to say that that'll happen, but you never know.
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The CZs are heavy and bulky items. The only lighter Mannlichers are high dollar European makes. The Model 77 RSI in 250 Savage might do but it is going to eat up your budget.
For just about your budget, you could get a Ruger 77 compact in 243 or 6.8 SPC and a low grade Leupold. An ideal kid's gun, low recoil, handy, and the right scale too. If, that is, the kids can get it away from you.
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Don't forget the Savage/Stevens ability to swap barrels yourself. Buy a cheap stock and lop it to length. Later change stocks as the kids grow. My last Stevens stock cost me $10. With the wide availability of stocks and barrels, you can mix and match as needed. New factory barrels can be had for under a $100.
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IMO you are being too picky. Besides, do you really want to put a $7-800 rifle, plus scope, in the hands of a young hunter and expect them not to bang it up? Go Stevens or used. you can always trade up later. yes i would hand them a $700-800 rifle, but not a $1500 rifle. things get dinged sometimes, unless you keep them in the safe. i rode my steyr down the hill last season like it was a sled... ouch!
let me give you boys a lil' tip. you might wanna turn off that engine 'fore you go and change that there fan belt!
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the ruger rsi in a 6.5 sweed would be perfect if nor for the 20" bbl. anyone chronographed one?
let me give you boys a lil' tip. you might wanna turn off that engine 'fore you go and change that there fan belt!
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so my wife left and i found a new girl friend... And my biggest worry is what rifle should I purchase next?! ![grin grin](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/default/grin.gif) Nothing wrong with this picture.
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so my wife left and i found a new girl friend... And my biggest worry is what rifle should I purchase next?! ![grin grin](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/default/grin.gif) Nothing wrong with this picture. i didn't think so
let me give you boys a lil' tip. you might wanna turn off that engine 'fore you go and change that there fan belt!
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Especially if this relationship ends up going south, you don't want a high dollar firearm going with it. Not to say that that'll happen, but you never know. that's why it's MY gun! ![smile smile](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/default/smile.gif) or My kids gun and they can use it.
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let me give you boys a lil' tip. you might wanna turn off that engine 'fore you go and change that there fan belt!
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Why is it when the man says "and i hate savage" so many guys recommend Savage? That's funny ashell right there ![smile smile](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/default/smile.gif)
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I'd spend as much as I could afford and get good glass on a rifle for a youngster to be used for a long time.
Lots of competition for their attention out there. Make there quest successful and important the very first time.
I, and probably most of us here, were given minimal tools for success. But that was another time, with less distractions.
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Plenty of pawn and gun shops that carry used in WA. Do some shopping around.
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