Five Fine Youth Hunting Rifles from Guns.com

By Kristin Alberts

It’s never too early to start preparing for hunting season — be that big game or small — especially when shopping for a young shooter’s first rifle. Practice makes perfect and buying that rifle now will allow ample range time. While younger shooters do not necessarily need a compact rifle, no doubt shooting a gun that fits well makes every shooter more comfortable and confident. Here are five fine choices in both center and rimfire from the GDC Vault.
Savage Axis Compact
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While the plain old Savage Axis line is a fine introductory or otherwise budget rifle, stepping up to the newer Axis II or Axis II XP Compact models offer even greater bang for the proverbial buck. The upgraded Axis family members feature the greatly improved Savage Accu-Trigger, which is user-adjustable for a superior trigger pull and ultimately, improved accuracy.
Axis Compact models are available in excellent lower-recoiling calibers like .223 Rem, .22-250 Rem, .243 Win, .25-06 Rem, .308 Win, 6.5 Creedmoor, .270 Win, 7mm-08 Rem and even .350 Legend. The detachable box magazine is easy to use and offers easy loading and unloading for new shooters. Best of all, the Savage Axis line of bolt actions represents one of the

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