Posted on 12/08/2011 4:11:32 PM PST by smokingfrog
Not 100 percent comprehensive, but should get some ideas flowing. A good .22 LR rifle is probably the most important firearms purchase you can make for your child or even for yourself.
+1 got one of these for my daughter and she loves it. Has a big peep sight in the back so target acquisition is easy. Nice little rifle. And, she likes it because it looks like daddy’s .308 encore, except daddy’s rifle isn’t pink. Started her off with cheap Remington subsonic. Very pleased overall
My daughter has been using the Modle 60. I didn’t want to waste the cash on somthing she might only use once so since it was laying around I have been teaching her on it. Since getting her used to it she has come to call it “her rifle”.
There have been no safety issues while reloading.
I’m gonna cut a couple of inches off the stock to reduce the LOP and eventually scope it for her if she keeps at it. She really like the little spinner target I got for her too.
Once while shooting at targets she was so proud of her tight little group she ran all the way to the house to get her camera.
She will be 8 next month.
A single shot teaches the youngster to learn to make the first shot count. An important lesson for someone who wants to hunt. Good way to learn about controlling breathing and squeezing the trigger. Teach the kid that it is about accuracy, and not about how fast you can shoot.
They mention Super Colibri primer-only ammo, but I would be concerned about a novice using that in a rifle and not checking for a bullet exit on every round. It may not exit a long barrel rifle. Aguila states to not use the ammo in rifles, but if you use a short barrel rifle and check that the bullet exits, it is OK.
Hard to beat the 10/22.
I’ve made it a bit of a mission to take friends of the liberal, anti-gun persuasion out shooting (and it WORKS, hehehe! More than one lifelong gun hater now has one!) and the 10/22 is just the easiest thing to put someone on. Yeah, I let ‘em shoot the .357, shotgun and even the 300 Win Mag, but later.
Accurate enough to make one get their breathing and mental focus together before progressing on to more expensive stuff.
My son bought my grand daughter a Cricket single shot .22 rifle as her first firearm in July of last year. She was five months old at the time...
Good tip.
Better think about what they, and their descendents, will need for the next thousand years of this New Dark Age.
I can just imagine a scenario where you could be pointing the barrel at yourself while loading it.
Lawrence's Enfield Rifle, ot the Imperial War Museum, on loan from H.M. the Queen.
I love my M44 but it is too heavy for a kid. I would go with a Henry Youth or a Davy Crickett.
A single shot, bolt action .22 rifle.
My first was a Winchester Model 67. If you can find one, or something similar, they make a great 1st firearm. When I was a boy and we were looking looking for my first rifle, my dad was looking at a semi-auto. A wise, old salesman at Bain & Davis in San Gabriel, CA, steered us toward that Winchester. He told us that a young shooter is forced to slow down and make each shot count with a rifle like it. A semi-auto invites the child to use it like a big noise maker; blasting ammo away without learning marksmanship.
I still have that rifle and taught both my wife and my daughter how to shoot using it. I’m really glad that we followed that old salesman’s advice.
Holy Carp!
My first was a sinlge shot lever action .22.
2nd was Ruger 10/22
I passed over one of those Indian .308 SMLE’s years ago, and have never seen one since.
Darn it!
Great rifle. I wouldn't choose a self-loader for a first rifle though. Especially one that won't hold open after the last shot.
For his ninth Christmas my son got a Marlin bolt rifle. He is 21 now and uses those learned skills with his '06 Savage. My friends have always been impressed with his gun safety and marksmanship.
Yep, dad is proud about that.
Jest $24.97 down to yore local Walmarts.
Mine got a used Winchester 67 in good condition I picked up at an auction. I think I paid $65 for it.
I still have the Mossberg 44US that I bought in 1947. It's still a very accurate rifle.
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