All,
Here is my idea:
Send in my 280 receiver for a 30-30 barrel and get the youth wooden stocks while I'm at it. Get the scope mount & hammer extension and top it with a fixed 4 power scope. Also, get the trigger job while it is at the factory.
Add a mercury recoil reducer & a Limbsaver recoil pad.
I might think about slimming down the stock and give it a nice oil finish.
As you can tell this rifle will be for my little boy, and I am trying to make the recoil as reduced as possible.
I know many people would say just get a 243, but I am not a huge fan of really small diameter bullets. I have seen many a whitetail fall to the 243, but I have seen some rough situations with less than perfect shots.
Anyway, please give me some Ideas on my project. Am I better off just buying a whole new gun? Will the recoil be tolerable for a 9 year old?
Thanks in advance for your help,
Nixsrs93
PS - I sure wish NEF made the 257 Roberts or the 7-30 Waters in the handi.
Here is my idea:
Send in my 280 receiver for a 30-30 barrel and get the youth wooden stocks while I'm at it. Get the scope mount & hammer extension and top it with a fixed 4 power scope. Also, get the trigger job while it is at the factory.
Add a mercury recoil reducer & a Limbsaver recoil pad.
I might think about slimming down the stock and give it a nice oil finish.
As you can tell this rifle will be for my little boy, and I am trying to make the recoil as reduced as possible.
I know many people would say just get a 243, but I am not a huge fan of really small diameter bullets. I have seen many a whitetail fall to the 243, but I have seen some rough situations with less than perfect shots.
Anyway, please give me some Ideas on my project. Am I better off just buying a whole new gun? Will the recoil be tolerable for a 9 year old?
Thanks in advance for your help,
Nixsrs93
PS - I sure wish NEF made the 257 Roberts or the 7-30 Waters in the handi.