So you guys with the 22/410 OU. Is that your first gun or your first two guns ? Technically it’s your first rifle and your first shotgun.
A Marlin/Glenfield bolt action single-shot (purchased for me from Western Auro) was my first .22, and I, too, remember shooting many, many boxes of ammo through it as a lad. It was, and still is, a very accurate little rifle.
I passed it along toy youngest daughter. Shortly after she married her husband took her hunting, and when she took her first squirrel with my little rifle she texted me a photo of her holding her trophy. I don’t know which of us was more proud.
So you guys with the 22/410 OU. Is that your first gun or your first two guns ? Technically it’s your first rifle and your first shotgun.
The Marlin 25 is proof that you don't have to spend a small fortune to get an insanely accurate .22 rifle. They are still a great choice as a first rifle for a new young shooter, and can be had for well under $200, quite a bit more than the $29.99 that you dad paid. And while the detachable magazines will now cost close to that, they can still be found.
John
Chief, I think the suggestion above to take your daughter-in-law shooting is a good one. Your son, his wife, your wife (if she enjoys it) and a few hours at the range might help your daughter learn that shooting is a hobby, a pastime, a skill, a sport rather than something too often depicted as antisocial and violent. Might turn out that she would find she enjoys it, as so many of us do.
(There are "lefties" who are shooters, by the way. Sometimes we can paint with too broad a brush.)
Excellent gun Max...just like the one I got from my Dad in 1960...see post #15 above...Roger
Excellent gun Max...just like the one I got from my Dad in 1960...see post #15 above...Roger
This type of attitude went out 30 years ago. Marriages for young people today are partnerships, not, "me king, you slave,"A man will either wear the pants in his own house or he will wear the dress. Your son needs to take off the dress and put the pants on.