30-30 or a 30.06
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what is a good gun for a kid and it is his first year hunting for deer and is 13 years old.
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Im 12 years old and in Ohio you can't use rifles so I'm goiing out for my first time with a 12 gauge and using buckshot
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A .243 should work pretty well for a youngin. They are perfect for whitetails and small enough for a kid.
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Where I live in Western New York it is shotgun only, which sucks. I started with a Ithica 16 gauge.
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When I was 13 my dad let me hunt with his 1894 Marlin chambered in 44 Magnum. He said if I killed a deer with it I could keep it. To make a long story short, the gun is now mine. I got very lucky and a 155 inch 10 pointer stepped out of the woods at about 65 yards. I made a perfect heart shot and kept the gun. Few people know how accurate a 44 mag can be, but I was able to get 3 inch 5-shot groups at 100 yards with it and it has very little recoil. I say this a great deer gun out to 125 yards for any age hunter.
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GO for the .243, 7mm-08, .308, depending on him and you, you could even get a automatic 20 guage shot gun with a rifled barrel and a smooth bore.
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Take a look at a ruger m77 in 25-06 with a wood stock. It's a great flat shooting gun with a three postions safety that has plenty of knock down and very little kick. You didn't metion if he has shoot before or much, but I have found for new shooters/hunter the lighter the kick equal less pre-shoot flinching. Another great caliber would be the .243, but it is not a versitale and kicks a bit more.
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I don't care for the safty on the 700, what about the Winchester three position safty? This is the boys first rifle.
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Another good caliber to consider is the 7mm-08. I started deer hunting with a Remington Model 7 in 7mm-08 and could easily handle the recoil even at 11 years old. The 7mm bullet gives you a range from 100 to 175 grains, which covers varmints to deer and beyond.
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