Bobcat for 59$

[hawkchucker]

OK I know that most here will look at it as a toy but this weekend I was at my place in Maine and came accross at wally world in portland the bobcat for $59 bucks.

My club does a lot of shoots for the scouts, and I use mine also for Hunters edd. I cannot count how many people have shot the thing.

I just had to pass on this info. It does make a great pickup gun and a backup for hunting :imo:.

PS I bought a second one for when the first finally bites the bullett.

 

[vradin]

PS I bought a second one for when the first finally bites the bullett.

You might have a long wait for it to die. I've been using a couple of them at Scout Camp for the last 4 years. We shoot the heck out of them for 6 or 7 weeks, then it sits the rest of the year in an unheated barn. As long as they get routine cleaning and maintenance, should last as long as you're willing to put time into them.

 

[jtmattison]

I picked one up for $52 at Wally World in Ohio a year or so ago. I sold it to my friend for a beginner rifle. I wish I could find another one to get my son started shooting. He is 7 and can't even pick up any of my rifles.

Huntin

 

[Runner]

Supposedly, a gentleman in Texas has 400 of the Investarms Hawken's with the short carbine length barrels for sale at 100$ each. That is gives you a set trigger short barrel for very little more than the Bobcat. Nothing wrong with the Bobcat. I use one in 36 as my squuirrel rifle. The Investarms Hawken is a lot more gun for a few $ more. Th einfo was posted here a few months back and his name is Murphy.

 

[shmrck1]

Runner&Huntin Dawg,
I have that Cabela's Investarms .54
carbine and although shorter it still weighs just under
7lbs. A bit heavy for a 7year old. I think a good starter
for a youngster that is ready to shoot B/P would be the
Traditions Crockett in .32cal. Weighs around 6 1/2 lbs,
and don't hurt to shoot(much the same as a .22 R/F).
Just MHO,
snake-eyes

 

[jtmattison]

I want my son to start off with something he can kill a deer with. A light Bobcat or something similar in .50 will do the trick.

Huntin

 

[shmrck1]

Huntin Dawg,
What i offered was just a suggestion. It had
absolutely nothing to do with what your son is capeable
of doing....Jason i know you will do what is right for your son and i wish you the best of luck.
Just get home safe friend,
snake-eyes

 

[jtmattison]

Snake-Eyes,
I know you were just making a suggestion. I thought about getting him a small caliber ML. When I get home I'll see how much gun he can handle. He's still a little guy so maybe it will be a while before he can shoot a ML. He has a BB gun and a .22 but he hasn't had much practice. I want him to experience making smoke like ole Dad.

I'm out of here this weekend. I can't wait to get back on U.S. soil.

Huntin

 

[pondoro]

A 50 cal with a light load should be plenty easy for a youngun to shoot. Recoil is a function of gun fit as well as load. I teach young kids and in my experience gun fit causes the following problem:
1) The gun is too long for the kid, which makes it seem front heavy (because their arms are so short
2) To compensate the kid leans way back, to get the weight of the gun back over their chest
3) In this position recoil feels worse because the kid is off balance already

We teach 20 gauge shotgun to kids, but the short kids use a gun with a cut-down stock. Let your boy hold his BB rifle without coaching. Then let him hold the muzzle loader. If he leans back a lot more with the muzzleloader it is too long.

If you buy the $59 gun you will not feel bad sawing off the buttplate to make it short enough. While you are at it saw it off shorter than necessary so you can add a nice commercial recoil pad. I would not hesitate to put a $25 pad on a $59 gun. My CVA Hawken lists minimum charges with a 50-cal round ball as 50 grains. There will be very little recoil with that charge. And there is a thread on this forum somewhere about shooting "half-round" balls. I haven't tried it but that would reduce recoil a lot. Bottom line I think your son can handle a 50.

I also wish you a safe journey home.

 

[dispatch 510]

Huntin Dawg First off Let me thank you for the job that you are douing. I have a Bobcat that IMO is a fine little M/L for the money you can't beat it.I am looking for another one to make a project gun out of,Put some fiber optic sights on it and a little weight in the buttstock to even it out and a camo paint job. The one taht I have now I am gouing to give it to my stepson as he is getting married,and I know that he will not have a lot of extra cash to buy one before the M.L season starts here. Go ahead and get your son one,he will enjoy making smoke with his dad. :thumbsup:

 

[bshultz]

Don't think i could have passed up a $59 gun, sounds like a great deal!

 

[donk]

My 10 year old son won a 50 cal Bobcat at a local shoot. It is a great shooter. We do full primitive Rendezvous so I put his in a nice wood stock that I had in my parts box. He is a small kid and has no problems with a 50 gr load in it.