I have to jump in here with a suggestion simply because I was so impressed with the rifle I had a few mods done to in order for my son to be able to shoot without fear of massive recoil.

First of all he cut his teeth on a Ruger 77 youth in .243, But we found ourselves tracking alot of animals especially pigs.

So to up the odds in our favor Itook a 77 ultra lightweight in 30-06and installed a mercury tube compensator in the stock and topped it with a de-celerator pad (at a slightly shorter pull than stock). Now he has a rifle he can handle with no problem (around 7 or 8lbs)that shoots 180'swith less felt recoil than the .243 shooting 75gr hollow points. Both he and my daughter prefer it over the .243 .

about a 200.00 modification, less if you do it yourself. I had the work done at KDF in Seguin, Tx.


FW