Guns for kids.

Dimitri · Super Member Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5944

PaulS wrote:

They are both still shooting, although their spouses do not. Therefore the children have not been exposed to guns and have had no exposure to guns at all. Too bad.

Paul,

You know that topic comes up a lot on gun forums I visit, and I came to the conclusion if my significant other doesn't shoot and doesn't want the kids involved I'll be pulling a "I'm talking the kids shooting tomorrow" and just do it. Laughing

Dimitri

Pumpkinslinger · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:05 am Post subject: Re: Guns for kids.

My kids were introduced to shooting with a Marlin 15YN, single shot bolt action .22, with a red dot sight on it. The gun is in the cabinet waiting on my nephew and niece and any future grandkids.

Bushmaster · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:17 am Post subject: Re: Guns for kids.

Hear here Pumpkinslinger...I have been teaching my grand daughters and having a ball doing it. They really enjoy shooting with their grandpa...Oldest is 16 and the youngest is 8...I have six all together...

I keep three .22 rifles ( Greenfield M-60, Marlin M-81 and a Ruger 10/22) and one pistol (Colt Woodsman) just for these pleasurable events...

Dimitri · Super Member Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5944

I got a Cooey 22LR thats semi-automatic to teach my kids when they are young shooting. Smile

Still thats a decade or more away. Razz

Dimitri

grizzly48 · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:30 pm Post subject: Re: Guns for kids.

I bought my son a Rossi 22 - 20ga combo when he was 6yrs old a Cricket at 7 and now at 13 then are to small for him but I put in a 1" spacer and a 1" recoil pad on the Rossi thats working good for now....

rekoyl · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 12:02 pm Post subject: Re: Guns for kids.

"Guns for kids"

A tempting offer...

Morax · Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: Guns for kids.

grizzly48 wrote:

I bought my son a Rossi 22 - 20ga combo when he was 6yrs old a Cricket at 7 and now at 13 then are to small for him but I put in a 1" spacer and a 1" recoil pad on the Rossi thats working good for now....

hey grizz, dont rossi have the different stocks you can put on for the different trigger pull for these rifles? i know mossberg does, and this was one of the reasons i picked up a moss 500 for the daughter to use, then as she outgrew it the boychild was growing into it...

Crackshot · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:59 am Post subject: Re: Guns for kids.

Back when Winchester was in business, I purchased a M1300 Youth for my Daughter. It came with a certificate in the box with the shotgun for an adult stock. We sent it in and........lo and behold we got a adult length stock a few weeks later.
Mossberg did that for awhile too.

hunterjoe21 · Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:57 pm Post subject: Re: Guns for kids.

Crackshot wrote:

Back when Winchester was in business, I purchased a M1300 Youth for my Daughter. It came with a certificate in the box with the shotgun for an adult stock. We sent it in and........lo and behold we got a adult length stock a few weeks later.
Mossberg did that for awhile too.

Now Mossberg includes a 1" spacer in the box to increase the LOP on the youth model stocks.