Originally Posted by
Champlain Islander
A combo gun for both deer and varmints/ small game hmmm. If it were me I would go with something along the lines of .243 if hunting more varmints than deer or a 25-06 if the deer were the main quarry. 7MM-08 is another nice caliber. I would go with a bolt and some decent glass. The $1500 price tag could pay for a couple of guns or a gun and an inexpensive safe to start the collecting.
That sounds like a good suggestion. The only varmints we hunt are woodchucks. And we eat them, roasted, with yams and broccoli and onions. We use a single shot NEF .22LR with a scope. Does a great job, same rifle we started the girls with.
Okay, I'm off topic now, but I think anyone with kids should hand them a single shot .22 rifle as soon as they're big enough to shoot it. They'll be definitely hooked. Easy to load and shoot and no discouraging kick. And you can shoot all day for less than the price of a crappy movie.