The got a .243 for my older boy’s first deer rifle when he was 12 and my only regret is that he’s left handed. It’s a great little rifle that kills deer way better than the ballistic chart says it should.
That being said, please return to giving RT a hard time!
The main point there is .... he was 12!
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