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Posted by BrownBear on Mar 04 2006
Everyone is going to try and sell their own favorite breed of horse. No others can quite measure up. Human nature.
You've confronted the bigger issue, in my book. There's no sense scaring him with something too big for him to handle at this point. Better to start slow and work up as he gains experience. As a responsible parent, you're going to keep him out of places where the chance of getting into bear trouble rises up the the same level as the risk of getting struck by lightning. Heck, you probably wouldn't go to such a place by yourself if there was a serious risk of being chomped.
And on the what-if side of things, good accurate shooting will always be the biggest factor in stopping a bear. Teach him well, and the size of the hole will mean a lot less.
If you are a handloader, you can even beat the recoil of the rounds you bought by reducing velocities and using faster powders, while still keeping him in bounds on deer killing power, for example. You aren't going to be letting him make 300 yard shots, so why not look into loads more in line with the power of a 30-30, then teach him how to hunt and stalk within the range limits of his particular arm?
Here's a question you can put to the critics of your choice in arms: All theory aside, what was the caliber of your own first rifle? Or did your dad even give you your first rifle?
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