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Dude, thank you for your concern for our feelings...I have a youth rossi single shot .410/.22 combo set I bought with a couple gift cards at dicks way back before we boycotted them. (I had two gift cards to burn and nothing else in the store I really needed so I figured any free gun is a good gun) ...
Sailboat owners wish they could get their kids to like sailing;My goal is for the kids to have as much fun at the range as possible.
My very ignorant kneejerk reaction is: "plinking".We started with the Red Ryder, shooting paper but they got bored real fast ...
Don't apologize; they could probably beat me in arm wrestling.... and the littlest ones had a hard time holding up the gun and aiming. They were a lot younger than 8 though.
the 10/22 is such a ill fitting rifle for young kids, and hacking a 1" or so off the butt end is not the answer.Go 10/22 and let him grow into it. They will have it forever.
Wouldn't know, but...the 10/22 is such a ill fitting rifle for young kids, and hacking a 1" or so off the butt end is not the answer
but I bet the trigger to grip length is the same ? If the comb is in the right place for the sights thats good.
That is one way to look at it.
My goal is for the kids to have as much fun at the range as possible. They have a blast knocking down steel targets with the M&P and picking off clay pigeons at 50 yards. Plus, the rifle can grow with them and teach them the AR platform.
We started with the Red Ryder, shooting paper but they got bored real fast and the littlest ones had a hard time holding up the gun and aiming. They were a lot younger than 8 though.
I’ll shut up now, just my experience. If you want to hook the next generation, make it fun (and safe of course)
Very true, what size shot do you recommend?You should consider a 12ga. Semi-auto for 8 year olds. It can be difficult to get them to stand still long enough for a rifle shot.
Very true, what size shot do you recommend?
I had to do the same thing . 3 local shops could not get close to prices.Decided on the Rascal. Could not find any in LGS. Having one shipped in from Gun Broker.
We never got into prices. Just nobody had any.I had to do the same thing . 3 local shops could not get close to prices.
I finally ordered one on line , shipping and transfer was still $50 less than the LGS that did the transfer.
He said , heck I made more money on the transfer.
I had to do the same thing . 3 local shops could not get close to prices.
I finally ordered one on line , shipping and transfer was still $50 less than the LGS that did the transfer.
He said , heck I made more money on the transfer.
What was this in response to?Exactly. I really love shooting my kids one. Ha. The aperture sights and AccuTrigger are great. Especially for the money.
So Rascal or Crickett or Henry Mini-Bolt or Chipmunk for an 8 year old? Looking for a single shot with shorter LOP than my other .22's.
The Remington Model 33 that my father bought as a teenager during the Great DepressionThe Henry and the Chipmunk both have bolts that do not cock the striker via the normal operation of the bolt; instead, after the cartridge has been chambered, these rifles have strikers that must be 'cocked', by hand, as a separate step. ... The Savage Rascal, on the other hand, is configured like a full-size rifle, with the same manual of arms, ...
My mistake thinking that you comment about using it when your kids are done was applied to the Rascal.What was this in response to?
The Remington Model 33 that my father bought as a teenager during the Great Depression also had to be cocked by pulling back on a knob at the back of the bolt. Somehow he coped.
Hey, I'm the one that didn't want to start with "is up or down safe or fire?" on pistol safeties...As did I with the Cooey 39 that my Dad bought me. The question, in my mind, is why you'd want to teach a child different manual of arms, anyway? The answer, of course, is that you don't, but the separate step required to cock the striker is somehow seen as "safer". "Safer"... like a magazine disconnect. The problem is that not every bolt action rifle requires that separate step, and not every pistol requires a magazine; don't you see the potential issue with a 'training' firearm that has a manual of arms that is distinctly different from most other firearms?