youth deer rifle
I have a 10 year old that wanted to go deer hunting this year. I took him to the range and he tried his brothers .243 win. The recoil was a little more than he wanted to shoot again so he decided to wait until next year to go deer hunting ( he wasn't real thrilled with his .410 either). In another discussion on this board a member is planning on using a .223 due to an injury; now my question. If he got one of those in a NEF ( they do make a youth model in .223 and it is legal in Maine to use it) and the shots are limited to 50 yards MAX and it's reloaded with a premium bullet ( I do reload) should I let him give it a try?