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AbileneHogMan1
07-21-2010, 12:26 PM
I am currently shopping for a new youth rifle for my son and have already made one mistake. I purchased a Rossi Trifecta match set .243 - .22 - 20ga. The .22 worked great and he loved to shoot it. The 20ga. we called the Hammer of God! It kick the s*** out of us. The .243 shot everywhere. It would be 20" high and then dead center then low and so on. The break over would stick so bad I would beat it with fencing plyers to get it to release. $150 worth of different ammo, new scope mounts, 2 scopes and 3 gunsmiths later I took it back to the gun dealer for a loss. This brings me to today. I have a Remington 700 .243 LT Youth set back but have also looked at several other brands (Weatherby, Savage, Howa & Mossberg). I don't want a single shot and I want to have something with the shim stock for growth plus the opportunity to purchase a full size stock for later. This gun will also be a pig hunting date gun. I could use any input ya'll have.

riverhog
07-22-2010, 04:30 AM
remington is a good choice, alot of different stock options {factory and other }to choose from as your son grows. Savage also has different stock options, Both are top line guns

mrbigtex
07-23-2010, 07:12 AM
From the choices you provided, I would recommend the Weatherby Vanguard youth.

ggonzales
07-24-2010, 05:16 PM
My son shoots the Rossi Trifecta and has never had a problem, the only concern we have is that the 20 gauge does not seem to shoot to good, but the .243 is awesome and accurate for us!!!

CODY
07-25-2010, 01:10 PM
I used to have a Remington .243 youth model for my wife and we liked it alot. I liked it so much I even hunted with it, and ended up shoting my biggest deer to this day with it. My wife never really hunted much so I ended up selling it to a friend and now wish I would of kept it. I will be lookin to get another youth rifle in the next 5 years once my daughter is of age to hunt some.

cabledad
07-25-2010, 01:14 PM
Seems like I keep running into good buys on rifles in pawn shops.I can't buy them because I am over loaded with guns now.If I was looking for a rifle I would start at the pawn shops.Good luck Chuck

AbileneHogMan1
07-27-2010, 07:23 AM
Well now I'm looking at the Weatherby Vanguard Youth 7mm-08. It has great ballistics & removable elongated spacer system allowing longer pull (12.5" to 13 5/8") for growth. Over all length 38", adjustable trigger and a 20" contoured barrel. The Remington I found was $419...the Weatherby $432. Do any of you own a Weatherby? If so would you take it over the Remington? I own 4 Remington's and love each of them. I do not own a Weatherby but think I might like to. The reason for the caliber change is I have a Carl Gustoff .243 so I don't think I need another .243.

riverhog
07-27-2010, 08:28 AM
my daughter grew up shooting a remington model 7 in 7mm-08 -- she loves the caliber and gun, it is a low recoil ,accurate round.. great whitetail caliber, for hogs use a bonded bullet

ggonzales
07-27-2010, 03:54 PM
I used a Rem model 788 .243 cal, best gun I ever owned, it's short and compact and has never missed a shot in the field in 20 years!!! Now my dad hunts with a rem 788 7mm-08 and loves his riffle

mrbigtex
07-27-2010, 04:46 PM
I own a Weatherby Vanguard and would use it exclusively if it was larger than .223. Highly recommend.

txbhunter1
07-30-2010, 02:50 PM
Bass Pro shops has some killer deals on all of the afore mentioned rifles. Anyone of them would be a good starter.

AbileneHogMan1
09-13-2010, 04:57 AM
Thanks to everyone for the info. I finally pulled the trigger on the Weatherby Vanguard Youth, only I went with the .243 since I already have tons of ammo. My gun dealer ended up giving me $200 on the Rossi. The Weatherby's total cost was $452.23. I'll pick it up Wednesday. After much research I did find out the Weatherby Vanguard is actually a Howa 1500. If you go the the Howa site they run about $600 with the Houge stock. If you go to Weatherby's web site they are out of stock on Youth .243's. Can't wait to get the new toy (for my son) on the range this weekend.