If you can't find a Ruger carbine you might consider an old style youth Contender carbine. With a 16" barrel and composite stock it will weigh under 5 lbs. And a Burris FF sight would work great on it. Only one shot, but it can be reloaded quickly and the break action makes it about as safe as a gun can be. Most any of the lower pressure deer chambering would work.


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