I just bought this beauty so my girls can practice shooting for cheap.
Scope and bipod inbound.
Will post pics when the build is complete - probably in about 2 weeks once the ‘cooling off’ period is over.
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You’re going to break it in for her, right? Like a couple few hundred rounds or so, right?
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Of course! 
I took my son to get a gift for wifes birthday a few nights ago and we somehow ended up in the sporting goods section. My son says “How did we end up here?”.
I told him its just window shopping- the things to hit other things with section, the sharp pokey section, etc.
Reignited his want to get better. He has been sidetracked with computer games.
I’m thinking an archery kit might be a good addition this year too.
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Thats how my venture started.
"Oh, wife and daughter are out of town and I’ve got nothing to do… might as well check out the gun counter.
What’s that little guy over there?
I would like to see it.
Hold it.
Shoot it.
…
Why is my wallet coming out of my pocket?
…
Fuck"
I had fun with archery when I was young. If you wanted to ‘inspire’ him to get stronger, get him a bow he can pull, and also get yourself a bow that he cannot.
My dad had an 80lb draw bow that I worked for years to be able to pull back. Was very satisfying to see my draw get closer and closer as I spent more time in the gym.
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Great choice !
I did too. My 4-6 grade school actually had an archery club that included a PA hunters safety course and hunting license! My buddys dad had that bow growing up. A big Bear Archery compound that was almost as big as we were!
I hate the draw on modern compound bows though. The overdraw and the let off are just goofy. I flingded a few from a guys bow last year, and it was just too strange.
I’ll probably go with a recurve. I started him with a slingshot to develop the tactile connection with the weapon. Archery would be a good continuation of that.
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I have been shooting traditional bows since I was a teenager. The abilitly to focus on the target and contol the bow transfers well over to firearms, especially handguns.
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I bought a bow once
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“Thwap”
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Yep. First time ever using one.
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Yeah. I had one of those for a long time. I absolutely refused to get one of those wrist guards. I was an obstinate little nut job.
Agreed. Wrist guards suck.
A thumb ring is suprisingly helpful with a recurve though.
Got her sighted in yesterday, put about 60 rounds down range. Fun plinker, really gentle trigger pull, great for ammo discipline because bolt action.
Spent a grand in total between the rifle (500), bipod (100), scope (200), ammunition (150 x2000 rds), targets etc.
I did file down the bolt action arm a bit as it wasnt as smooth as i wanted it to be. Probably would have smoothed itself out with enough cycles.
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How old are the kids? I started my son age 5 on the 10/22 and a .22 long pistol.
He quickly graduated to the AR but disliked it overall and gravitated to my AKs which he was shooting like a pro by age 10.
My wife prefers the AK as well (plus .30 cal is a better hunting cartridge in general than .223/5.56).
Truthfully, I would suggest bolt action first. It’s easy for all of us to want to rock and roll that trigger on semiauto😁.
Bolt action teaches more patience and there’s nothing like working a nice bolt.
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Keep it up and you’ll eventually get here and wondering how you spent so much on a single bolt action rifle 
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I had an RPR in .308 for a while and they do smooth out after a break-in. Usually about 500 rounds. No harm speeding it up though. Great rifles.
Who built them? I get mine from Hill Country Rifle.
I built them.
I started PRS with MPA pre-built guns. Now, everything is custom and I assemble myself with prefit blanks etc.
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