I hope you have a place to practice. Get used to the kick, and the noise. I know shotguns are better for home protection, but I’m a real sissy when it comes to shotguns!!
Even the little ones. I’ve been knocked backward a few times.
Congratulations to your grandson. My 17 y.o. grandson is still trying. Bless his heart, he gets up at the crack of dawn and bundles up and heads for the woods, and comes back frozen to death, but he never quits trying! He’ll get one someday, I just know it!!
I got a youth size shotgun because of the reach. When I talked with the guy at the gun shop I asked about what kind of a kick it had. He said not bad. My daughter has a house with a 1/3 mile drive way and she is in the woods. I plan on having my son in law help me out because they have a pond with a large hill behind it. That's where their kids practice. She also recently bought her first hand gun, and she never thought she would. Got a Ruger with a clip that holds 17 shots..That is one that the government wants to get rid of also..Freepers are full of information. Love it..I have shot a hand gun, but the only time I ever shot a long one was a double barrel, (about 50 years ago). Made the mistake of shooting both barrels at the same time. It didn't kick, it sent me on my ass with a really sore shoulder and behind......:O( GG