15-22 For Daughter

[Kayback]

That means you are teaching them badly.

If you impress on the kid how to do it they won't do it wrong. Like I have said, you don't need to fill the magazine. For the first trip you can put in one at a time.

My 8 year old understands about how firearms works and what each of them is for. For her F/A kicks she rocks the Gas Blow Back MP5 Airsoft gun.

To shoot a rifle she uses the 15/22 and understands that each shot needs to be an aimed one. This means if we are shooting at 100m it requires proper sight and trigger management. If we are shooting at 7m it means she can rock the semi auto.....

KBK

 

[w0ady]

As a further note that may be of interest: I discovered he can't close his left eyelid. I bought him a "pirate patch" for that eye, and we'll start out with that and see how it goes.

poor guy.

you could always pick up a cheap red dot, he can use both eyes open with that.

 

[Wild Bill n Moyock]

Well Hail....tha term "Youth Gun" ? It's still a Gun, right? and should be treated as such.

In my youth, Daddy said a .22 would travel a mile, so my first "gun" was a Marlin Goose Gun, it was taller than I was, next was a Mauser 98, then a Colt Combat Commander, still no .22. My Son's first hands on was with an Uzi mod-B class III at tha age of 3....now we shoot and carry DPMS's and Glocks. But we put more plinkin time with our "four" M&P 15-22's......Ya just can't go wrong with these, plus your daughter will be tha envy of her "locker-room" and will build more character and responcibility than any "bridge club". My drug of choise? Gun-powder....safty first

 

[Majorlk]

Personally, I like the idea of something like a Cricket for a first gun. Kids like to pull triggers. They'll shoot as fast as they can before they think enough about trigger control, aim, etc.. This can build bad habits.

If they do, that's the instructor's fault. If nothing else, only a couple of rounds in a magazine will slow them down in a hurry.

I bought my grandson a Cricket this time last year. He still likes to shoot it (put 50 rounds through it yesterday) but only because the stock fits him better than the 15-22 does. We can't have an adjustable stock here in Connecticut so I can't collapse it for him, but he loves the 15-22. we were shooting at 12-gauge empties and he was hitting them about 80 percent at 25 years with it. BTW, he will be nine in April.

He's getting his own 15-22 for Christmas, but I have already shortened and re-pinned the stock to the length of the Cricket.

 

[Majorlk]

My drug of choise? Gun-powder

Amen, Brother! There's nothing like the smell of gunpowder on a cool, fall morning.

 

[rraisley]

Despite the fact that it's fun to shoot, I like to feel I'm improving, or at least maintaining. Likewise, when I shoot with my son, I shoot at targets with score rings, and keep score and note group sizes. Even when shooting with a very young, uh, youngster, I think keeping track of score is a good idea. They'll usually realize they have to slow down and concentrate to beat their previous score. And if they just let loose, spraying everywhere, that's not (or should not) be the name of the game.

Anyhow, like learning anything, there should be a way of "keeping score" to know how well they're doing. Just because it's fun, doesn't mean they can't develop pride and skill in their shooting prowess. If that's the case, then shooting a 15-22 should be able to improve skill as easily as a Cricket, or any other bug for that matter.

 

[Majorlk]

Well said!

My shooting association has a junior club and I am enrolling Kinley in it for another Christmas present. They have about 25 shooters and most are UNDER 12, wit the youngest (currently) just turned six.

It's interesting (or speaks volumes about the adults in the club!) that the last two high power shoots were won by a 15-year old in the Junior Club.

 

[Wild Bill n Moyock]

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[Wild Bill n Moyock]

 

[CrossRifles2008]

Update:

Pulled the trigger and got my daughter the rifle she picked out of the ones I showed her. Its the Rossi Matched Pair 22/410. It shoots true, but I will have to put a aftermarket rear sight on it. It just wont adjust on to a paper at 10yrds.