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I have hunted for many years and have shot a variaty of rifles. My oldest son will be turning 12 in December and will be able to hunt big game next year. I never thought choosing a rifle for him would be to hard, but he is only about 100 pounds so he can't shoot my 30-06 and I would like to get him something with a little more knockdown than a 243. I know there are some very knowledgable people on here, so I thought I would ask for some opinions on what rifle to look at. As I said he is small and I will have to buy him a rifle with a shortened stock. He shoots a rossi single shot 20 guage for birds and handles the kick it has just fine. Any advice on a rifle that would work for an elk and not not him too far backwards would be appreciated. I have been leaning towards a 270, a 257 roberts, or a 25-06, but I know there are other guns out there that I don't know about since I mainly like the "good ole calibers". I want something that the ammo for is not too hard to find. I reload so if the ammo is a little hard to find it would be ok, as long as I can find it when I need it. Thanks for any advice.
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