Got the daughter a Marlin .22 magnum for her to shoot while I was working on the .270. She got pretty good for a 14 year old and was cutting smiley faces into the targets after a while.
I’ve got two Marlins, a Model 60 .22 and a Model 917vs in .17m2, but no leverguns......... yet.
We live in an urban area (Pinellas Co FL) and being a sportsman shooter does nothing to boost my son's popularity. Although if we were to buy a $40 9mm Glock knock-off out of someone's trunk and he learned to hold it sideways to shoot it.... Then he would be really cool. Thanks Hollywood. /sarc