Comments on: Kids first gun http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:55:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alex http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/comment-page-1/#comment-144520 Alex Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:24:34 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/#comment-144520 Go with a .22 Chipmunk. My older daughter (now 15) has shot one for years. Great gun, accurate and reliable. Crickett's are ok, but not as nice (good service, though, as I've found out). Go with a .22 Chipmunk. My older daughter (now 15) has shot one for years. Great gun, accurate and reliable. Crickett’s are ok, but not as nice (good service, though, as I’ve found out).

]]> By: Austin Mike http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/comment-page-1/#comment-143756 Austin Mike Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:53:21 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/#comment-143756 Cricket, Handirifle, and Henry are all excellent choices. Savage also makes a single shot bolt action .22LR called their Youth Rifle, which is surprisingly accurate after about 200 shots to break in the spring steel trigger. And the bolt can be locked up by mom and dad separate from the rifle, which the child can then keep in his/her room because it is afterall their rifle. The age of 5 is excellent to start teaching the responsible and safe handling of firearms. The advice above, that the shooting should be done one cartidge at a time in closely supervised (over the shoulder) safe ranges, is also sound. Although she was 9 when I first took her to shoot, my daughter hit dead center in the 1" x-ring at 25 yards <em>on her first shot ever</em>with her scoped Savage GY-1 22LR. The target hangs on her bedroom wall to this day. It ain't braggin' if'n its true...... Cricket, Handirifle, and Henry are all excellent choices. Savage also makes a single shot bolt action .22LR called their Youth Rifle, which is surprisingly accurate after about 200 shots to break in the spring steel trigger. And the bolt can be locked up by mom and dad separate from the rifle, which the child can then keep in his/her room because it is afterall their rifle.

The age of 5 is excellent to start teaching the responsible and safe handling of firearms. The advice above, that the shooting should be done one cartidge at a time in closely supervised (over the shoulder) safe ranges, is also sound.

Although she was 9 when I first took her to shoot, my daughter hit dead center in the 1″ x-ring at 25 yards on her first shot everwith her scoped Savage GY-1 22LR. The target hangs on her bedroom wall to this day.

It ain’t braggin’ if’n its true……

]]> By: Nylarthotep http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/comment-page-1/#comment-143754 Nylarthotep Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:55:16 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/#comment-143754 I've seen a 6 year old with the Henry, and I think the design is perfect for the youngest shooter. Shooting with a kid is quite easy actually. It takes more time and effort since you don't just hand them a loaded firearm. It's actually quite simple, you have to have a controlled shooting site and keep the kid completely within arms reach the whole time. You hand them single bullets to load themselves and actuate the gun. If their minds wander off the task, you take the gun away. You're always right there to take control of the gun if they appear to be wandering. You'd be surprised how quickly taking the gun away makes them learn how to concentrate. It still comes down to control, but I understand that no longer seems to be of much concern to parents these days. I’ve seen a 6 year old with the Henry, and I think the design is perfect for the youngest shooter.

Shooting with a kid is quite easy actually. It takes more time and effort since you don’t just hand them a loaded firearm. It’s actually quite simple, you have to have a controlled shooting site and keep the kid completely within arms reach the whole time. You hand them single bullets to load themselves and actuate the gun. If their minds wander off the task, you take the gun away. You’re always right there to take control of the gun if they appear to be wandering. You’d be surprised how quickly taking the gun away makes them learn how to concentrate.

It still comes down to control, but I understand that no longer seems to be of much concern to parents these days.

]]> By: JustinB http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/comment-page-1/#comment-143559 JustinB Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:01:39 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/#comment-143559 I'm as pro-gun as anybody but the more I think about it...a 5 year old?...give me a break. Not trying to tell someone how to parent their kids but shit...5 year olds throw Legos/rocks/bite at one another when they get pissed off and still piss and shit their pants from time to time. I couldn't imagine handing a 5 year old a loaded fucking firearm and saying "be a good boy, don't point it at anyone" (or yourself). I’m as pro-gun as anybody but the more I think about it…a 5 year old?…give me a break. Not trying to tell someone how to parent their kids but shit…5 year olds throw Legos/rocks/bite at one another when they get pissed off and still piss and shit their pants from time to time. I couldn’t imagine handing a 5 year old a loaded fucking firearm and saying “be a good boy, don’t point it at anyone” (or yourself).

]]> By: ben http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/comment-page-1/#comment-143555 ben Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:56:16 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/#comment-143555 Don't forget the Chipmunk. Basically same as a Cricket or Henry Mini Bolt Don’t forget the Chipmunk. Basically same as a Cricket or Henry Mini Bolt

]]> By: straightarrow http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/comment-page-1/#comment-143544 straightarrow Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:04:25 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/#comment-143544 A lot depends on the kid and the parents. The kid that grew up on the farm next to me was plowing fields on his father's tractor when he was four. My folks wouldn't trust me with equipment but worked me just as hard. I can't tell that either of us were harmed by it, nor did we cause harm to others. Oh, yeah, Don's grandfather died when he fell off his tractor and plowed himself into to the oat field. Don still kept plowing, and baling, which was a very dangerous undertaking on the old hand-tie balers.. Took three people to operate. Speaking only for myself, I have grandkids living with me that are 10 and 9, neither are ready for their own firearm. Still we are trying to teach them. A lot depends on the kid. A lot depends on the kid and the parents. The kid that grew up on the farm next to me was plowing fields on his father’s tractor when he was four. My folks wouldn’t trust me with equipment but worked me just as hard. I can’t tell that either of us were harmed by it, nor did we cause harm to others.

Oh, yeah, Don’s grandfather died when he fell off his tractor and plowed himself into to the oat field. Don still kept plowing, and baling, which was a very dangerous undertaking on the old hand-tie balers.. Took three people to operate.

Speaking only for myself, I have grandkids living with me that are 10 and 9, neither are ready for their own firearm. Still we are trying to teach them. A lot depends on the kid.

]]> By: JustinB http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/comment-page-1/#comment-143536 JustinB Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:35:40 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/#comment-143536 I think 5 is a wee bit young for a gun...then again to each his own. I think 5 is a wee bit young for a gun…then again to each his own.

]]> By: countertop http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/comment-page-1/#comment-143531 countertop Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:17:37 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/#comment-143531 THe Henry or the Cricket are both perfect, though as teh father of a 4 1/2 year old son, I can't imagine he is going to be mature enough in 6 months to warrant trusting him with a gun. I know my neighbor lets his daughter 7 year old daughter shoot - and taught her at 5 - but girls are a bit different than boys. I would just make sure that child was responsible enough to handle a gun - and then if so sit don and disassemble and reassemble the gun and teach about firearms from the ground up (like with my son, who hates cleaning guns and always runs away - though he was interested in helping me reload last night). THe Henry or the Cricket are both perfect, though as teh father of a 4 1/2 year old son, I can’t imagine he is going to be mature enough in 6 months to warrant trusting him with a gun.

I know my neighbor lets his daughter 7 year old daughter shoot – and taught her at 5 – but girls are a bit different than boys.
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would just make sure that child was responsible enough to handle a gun – and then if so sit don and disassemble and reassemble the gun and teach about firearms from the ground up (like with my son, who hates cleaning guns and always runs away – though he was interested in helping me reload last night).

]]> By: Captain Holly http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/comment-page-1/#comment-143477 Captain Holly Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:55:33 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/#comment-143477 I was thinking of a Crickett with a pink stock for my 8 year-old daughter this Christmas. I wonder what the wife will say. I was thinking of a Crickett with a pink stock for my 8 year-old daughter this Christmas. I wonder what the wife will say.

]]> By: Rustmeister http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/comment-page-1/#comment-143461 Rustmeister Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:48:44 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/11/02/kids_first_gun/#comment-143461 Saw this at the gun store yesterday. Perfect for a 5 year old. http://henryrepeating.com/minibolt.cfm Saw this at the gun store yesterday. Perfect for a 5 year old.

http://henryrepeating.com/minibolt.cfm

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