Here is pic during training an Eight year old to shoot and properly handle a firearm.
This is a DPMS Panther A4 5.56 with a .22 conversion kit installed.
She hit ten of ten rounds on a rifle target at fifty yards first time out.
The most exciting thing about learning is hitting the target the first time out.
It's how I convert those who don't shoot, into loving guns. And it works.
Use bird shot with limited kick and out at least 50-yards. When they see that they have
hit the target the first time you've got them hooked.
They don't need to know anything about the load you put in the shotgun. /wink nod
To hot and they'll run for the hills and hate the sport.
Now my friends Eight year old wants to shoot the hot .223 load because she
was trained properly using patience and proper sight training.
Also let them dry fire a few times to get the hang of squeezing the trigger
and racking the chamber.
Good luck.