deeraddict
PMA Member
I just bought a TC impact for my son. Smaller gun for smaller frame hunters, not a youth model but my 11 yr old son is small for his age and handles it well.
risto2351
Well-Known Member
Derek,
My youngest (8) and oldest (11) just use mine with a smaller load.
Worked great.
But if I had your money I would buy them a youth model as well.
deeraddict
PMA Member
Check out the impact I think it was only like $225 or $250 brand new. I may shoot it myself.
jjohnson
Well-Known Member
I've sold a lot of impacts to youths. Adjustable stock and not to heavy. I would still use sticks. Most of the guys are putting 1 50gr pellet and a 250gr bullet and let them have at it. A friend's boy 8yrs old shot a big doe at 90 yds using this combo and put her down quick.
bowman
Super Moderator
They are a little hard to come by but I and several buddies have bought our children a Rossi .45 cal muzzleloader. It is an awesome gun and itis totally downsized so a child can carry and maneuver the gun easily.
Mine is a .45 stainless but they had them in blued as well as a combo pack that came with a .22 barrel, a 20 guauge barrel, and the muzzleloader barrel. Price was reasonable at less than $300 for the single barrel. I load it at 50 grains triple 7 for practice and 100 grains for hunting which they never feel when shooting at game. We originally topped it with a red dot but as the kids have grown we topped it with a scope. My 13 year old daughter still shoots it so it should last them a while. I have a 6 year old starting this year and he will be sharing it with his brother and sister.
This picture was taken when Trenton was 6 to give you a size perspective.
Mine is a .45 stainless but they had them in blued as well as a combo pack that came with a .22 barrel, a 20 guauge barrel, and the muzzleloader barrel. Price was reasonable at less than $300 for the single barrel. I load it at 50 grains triple 7 for practice and 100 grains for hunting which they never feel when shooting at game. We originally topped it with a red dot but as the kids have grown we topped it with a scope. My 13 year old daughter still shoots it so it should last them a while. I have a 6 year old starting this year and he will be sharing it with his brother and sister.
This picture was taken when Trenton was 6 to give you a size perspective.
I was in the same boat last fall. My son is 8 and took his first deer with a 20 ga. last youth season. I wanted to get him a muzzy that he could use for future youth seasons and also late muzzy season during winter breaks. I looked at a lot of guns and ended up buying a Traditions Pursuit Ultralight XLT. It fits him pretty well already and should last him a long, long time.
I'm figuring he'll have to shoot off sticks for another year or two. The plan is to find a load combination this summer with somewhere between 65 and 80 grains of Blackhorn and a 250 grain Hornady SST. If we can make some groups out to 75 yards I think it will be a very nice setup for him.
These kids grow so darned fast. In February the kid was wrestling @ 62 lbs. in the peewee's. He's grown 3" and put on 9 pounds in a little over 4 months. Glad I didn't undersize the gun.
I'm figuring he'll have to shoot off sticks for another year or two. The plan is to find a load combination this summer with somewhere between 65 and 80 grains of Blackhorn and a 250 grain Hornady SST. If we can make some groups out to 75 yards I think it will be a very nice setup for him.
These kids grow so darned fast. In February the kid was wrestling @ 62 lbs. in the peewee's. He's grown 3" and put on 9 pounds in a little over 4 months. Glad I didn't undersize the gun.
Central Iowa
Life Member
D, if you can't find one of the Rossi's I would consider an Encore with a collapsible stock like this shooting from a rest. Nice part is it will adjust for any shooter with growing boys probably a good investment.
http://www.eabco.com/Choate_M4_Encore_Stock.html
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/43...r-encore-only-rifle-steel-and-synthetic-black
http://www.eabco.com/Choate_M4_Encore_Stock.html
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/43...r-encore-only-rifle-steel-and-synthetic-black