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<blockquote data-quote="Obi-Wan" data-source="post: 190660" data-attributes="member: 709">I would say if your son is a big kid for his age he would have no problems handling a 308 and will be enough gun for him for many years.&nbsp; My son shot his first deer at 12 using his grandpa's Winchester model 100 in 308 and he probably weighed&nbsp; 90 to 95 lbs.&nbsp; When he was 11 he was sitting in the stand with my dad who was going through chemo for lung cancer and was a bit shakey from the drugs and was having trouble hitting a doe that was about 50 yds out.&nbsp; After he missed the first doe he wanted my son to shoot the next one for him but my son refused, knowing my dad I know he would have received no greater joy than watching his grandson shoot his first deer than shooting one himself.&nbsp; My dad ended up shooting a doe after another one came in range so they did fill his tag.&nbsp; This was the last deer hunt my dad went on as he passed away from the cancer the following year.&nbsp;&nbsp; When my son got his doe tag in the mail he asked if he could use grandpa's rifle and sit in the same stand that they sat in the previous year.&nbsp; I thought the 308 might be a little much for him but he had no problems handling the gun and even using grandpas hopped up rounds.&nbsp;&nbsp; He ended up getting his first doe using the very gun and sitting in the same stand as my father took his last deer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Obi-Wan, post: 190660, member: 709"] I would say if your son is a big kid for his age he would have no problems handling a 308 and will be enough gun for him for many years. My son shot his first deer at 12 using his grandpa's Winchester model 100 in 308 and he probably weighed 90 to 95 lbs. When he was 11 he was sitting in the stand with my dad who was going through chemo for lung cancer and was a bit shakey from the drugs and was having trouble hitting a doe that was about 50 yds out. After he missed the first doe he wanted my son to shoot the next one for him but my son refused, knowing my dad I know he would have received no greater joy than watching his grandson shoot his first deer than shooting one himself. My dad ended up shooting a doe after another one came in range so they did fill his tag. This was the last deer hunt my dad went on as he passed away from the cancer the following year. When my son got his doe tag in the mail he asked if he could use grandpa's rifle and sit in the same stand that they sat in the previous year. I thought the 308 might be a little much for him but he had no problems handling the gun and even using grandpas hopped up rounds. He ended up getting his first doe using the very gun and sitting in the same stand as my father took his last deer. [/QUOTE]

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