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re: Starter Deer Rifle????
Posted on 1/9/14 at 9:28 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger
Posted on 1/9/14 at 9:28 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger
i just got my boys some of those Rossi combos with the .22/.410...thinking about purchasing the additional .243 so they can use them for deer...any thoughts on those from the OB?
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Posted on 1/9/14 at 9:31 am to SthGADawg
In my experience, they are highly inaccurate.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 9:48 am to SthGADawg
OP: 7m-08. There are lots of options. Lots of good options and discussions in this recent thread. LINK
SGA: don't do the rossi all in one for a hunting rifle. Your kid will lose confidence. Get him a decent rifle in a good caliber and let him practice with it and feel comfortable with it when he can hit a target at 100-150.
SGA: don't do the rossi all in one for a hunting rifle. Your kid will lose confidence. Get him a decent rifle in a good caliber and let him practice with it and feel comfortable with it when he can hit a target at 100-150.
Posted on 1/9/14 at 9:54 am to SthGADawg
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i just got my boys some of those Rossi combos with the .22/.410...thinking about purchasing the additional .243 so they can use them for deer...any thoughts on those from the OB?
i think you have to send the gun in to get additional barrels to check the headspacing
don't think you can just buy the barrel
Posted on 1/9/14 at 10:38 am to SthGADawg
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i just got my boys some of those Rossi combos with the .22/.410...thinking about purchasing the additional .243 so they can use them for deer...any thoughts on those from the OB?
That's what my nephew has. It shoots 1.5" groups at 100 yards with the .243. He killed a doe @150yds with it last year.
Posted on 1/10/14 at 5:58 am to SthGADawg
Save your money and skip the Rossi. For a starter rifle my 3 boys (5yrs, 3yrs and 6mo) will be using the Henry Big Boy .357 lever action. That is what i recommend for young'uns to start with.
They will learn to shoot iron sights and get bigger before they get a scoped rifle (each of the 3 has a rifle/scope combo already waiting for them in the gun safe)
They will learn to shoot iron sights and get bigger before they get a scoped rifle (each of the 3 has a rifle/scope combo already waiting for them in the gun safe)
Posted on 1/11/14 at 8:18 am to SthGADawg
I have the Rossi combo and would not waste my money again. Highly un accurate is putting it mildly. I bought a Tikka 3 light in 7mm08 and love it, dead on accuracy. My son who is now 10 has taken 4 deer and one >200 lb hog starting at age 7 and he has zero issue with recoil and he is not a bruiser size kid. If you want to do it right get a Trjicon scope and your child will have a lifetime deer rifle. Another note the 7mm08 has same balistics out to 200 yds as 270.
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