Michigan FINALLY revised their minimum hunting age rules, and my 9 yo son, having taken hunter's safety 2 yrs ago & having handled firearms safely for several years, is excited to be eligible. With his 10th birthday coming I picked up a Turkish '98 in the classifieds & a 257 Roberts barrel in the campfire classifieds.
I had the tube trimmed to 22" with recessed crown and chambered to 257 Rob, with a right handed beuhler safety, and timney featherweight trigger. I dropped it all into a tupperware stock I had lying around which was cut short with a "condom style" recoil pad duct taped on. An el paso K3 with standard crosshair I picked up here from dakotadeer was mounted in vertically split weaver rings to keep things simple.
On Friday I took it to the range and zeroed it w/ Win 117 gr RN factory ammo and it printed approx 1.25-1.5" 3-shot groups at 100 yds. Saturday morning we took it & a trunk load of water-filled recyclables to the local public shooting area to see how he likes his birthday present:
I'd put together a cobbled .243 Win on a 110 action that he'd not cared too much for shooting due to blast so I was unsure about the Bob, but he LOVED it, taking out multiple targets further than average deer shooting ranges.
We'll be loading 117 RN Interlocks & RL15 for deer loads and 87 gr TNTs w/ the same powder for chucks, yotes, recyclables, and steel. Right now the name of the game is practice...
The youth hunt is 09/22 & 23 so the plan is to get a recoil pad properly installed afterward. We'll also have it finished; most likely parkerized. When he is full grown I'll let him decide whether he'd like a synthetic or wood aftermarket stock. We'll likely have a Chapman/Wisner shroud safety installed within a couple of years also as they're easier to use than the Buehler. A glass upgrade will come whenever he prefers.
I'll be sure to post up pics of our deer hunt in about a month. We're extraordinarily excited!!!
I had the tube trimmed to 22" with recessed crown and chambered to 257 Rob, with a right handed beuhler safety, and timney featherweight trigger. I dropped it all into a tupperware stock I had lying around which was cut short with a "condom style" recoil pad duct taped on. An el paso K3 with standard crosshair I picked up here from dakotadeer was mounted in vertically split weaver rings to keep things simple.
On Friday I took it to the range and zeroed it w/ Win 117 gr RN factory ammo and it printed approx 1.25-1.5" 3-shot groups at 100 yds. Saturday morning we took it & a trunk load of water-filled recyclables to the local public shooting area to see how he likes his birthday present:
I'd put together a cobbled .243 Win on a 110 action that he'd not cared too much for shooting due to blast so I was unsure about the Bob, but he LOVED it, taking out multiple targets further than average deer shooting ranges.
We'll be loading 117 RN Interlocks & RL15 for deer loads and 87 gr TNTs w/ the same powder for chucks, yotes, recyclables, and steel. Right now the name of the game is practice...
The youth hunt is 09/22 & 23 so the plan is to get a recoil pad properly installed afterward. We'll also have it finished; most likely parkerized. When he is full grown I'll let him decide whether he'd like a synthetic or wood aftermarket stock. We'll likely have a Chapman/Wisner shroud safety installed within a couple of years also as they're easier to use than the Buehler. A glass upgrade will come whenever he prefers.
I'll be sure to post up pics of our deer hunt in about a month. We're extraordinarily excited!!!
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