Options for your child's first firearm

youtube ^ | 7 Dec 2011 | Barry & Eric

[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.

[MileHi]

I think we paid about $125 then. Box mag fed rifle was a great starter rifle, darned accurate too. My son learned on iron sights.

He still has it, now with an old weaver K4 I had around. He shoots his ‘06 very well, I believe because it was a natural transition (just kicks a little more).

I should tell about his first time with a shotgun some time....

[MontaniSemperLiberi]

I’ve let my 9yo daughter shoot my Ruger 10/22. The pull is too long for her though.

[Kirkwood]

Second time you are putting words in my mouth. Knock it off.

[MasterGunner01]

My first .22 was a Remington Nylon 66. It was a very nice rifle, but I traded it in on a Springfield Armory M1922M2 .22 Target Rifle. That Springfield drives tacks. I still have it. It’s about the same size and weight as a M1903 .30 Springfield.

[Georgia Girl 2]

My Dad started us off on a bolt action single shot.22. A good training weapon. I still have that gun.

[Tainan]

Same tradition here.
Winchester bolt action single shot .22 and a single shot .410.

Taught me fire discipline - the importance of a clear shot and how to reload under pressure.

[Tainan]

A lot of S.M.L.E.s are still in everyday use in Australia. Canada also.

[driftdiver]

No, you’re saying just because someone has a semi-auto they are going to ‘blast away at cans’. Nonsense that only demonstrates the lack of discipline in the teacher.

At the range a semi-auto lets a young shooter focus on the mechanics of shooting, without worrying about the mechanics of the firearm.