First Gun?

[yanta61]

I was 10 when i got my first gun, a Rossi pump action 22lr.....The gun is 18 years old and i still shoot it all the time. Its probably the most accurate open sited 22lr I've ever shot....I've probably have over 20k rds throught it...

[Homer75]

I put this Crickett .22lr together for my 6 yr. old daughter. Simmons 4x scope, Leupold rimfire rings, and Blackhawk bipod. Very impressed with accuracy and how well she shoots it. It's a great first gun and very fun to shoot. Cost about $200 total... worth every penny.

That shooter is awesome..

[LakeJake]

I put this Crickett .22lr together for my 6 yr. old daughter. Simmons 4x scope, Leupold rimfire rings, and Blackhawk bipod. Very impressed with accuracy and how well she shoots it. It's a great first gun and very fun to shoot. Cost about $200 total... worth every penny.

That is the coolest looking Cricket I have ever seen. Good job.

[Buckwheat]

First Gun?

My son got his first at a gun club meeting. He won it. It's a cricket with a blue stock. He was 2 yrs old at the time. Now he is nine. Still shoots it from time to time but likes to the 10/22. He did learn to shoot with this lil rifle. Started when he was two.

[Buckwheat]

I put this Crickett .22lr together for my 6 yr. old daughter. Simmons 4x scope, Leupold rimfire rings, and Blackhawk bipod. Very impressed with accuracy and how well she shoots it. It's a great first gun and very fun to shoot. Cost about $200 total... worth every penny.

I to was very surprised at how accurate this lol rifle is.

[cattlelackranch]

First Gun?

this is the one I built for my son.

i wanted his name on it too...so I put it on the bolt. Receiver is from a 10/22

btw: he is 16 months old

[westtexducks]

I got my .22 when I was 8. My 2 siblings got theres at the same age, we all got full size bolt actions that we grew into. My dads theory was the same as a single shot. Made you aim more on the first shot when you knew by the time you got the 2nd shot your target might be gone, compared to a semi auto you can just blast away. I have even seen this happen with teenagers that I brought out to shoot rabbits, give them a semi auto and they spray and pray, make them shoot the bolt action and the numbers of hits per shots goes way up. I would look at CZ, Savage, and Marlin for decently priced yet good quality firearms. We also were not allowed to have scopes, we were forced to shoot with the iron sights they came with, glad my dad did this because now I can shoot great with irons, and it feels like cheating to be shooting with a scope now.

[Coach W]

I will disagree with the 10/22 for a first gun. No way in hell was I ready for a semi auto on my own when I got my first 22 (norinco bolt action that my dad and I did custom work to together when I was young).... Probably why I customize guns myself now.

Bolt action/break action single shot for the first rifle.

[SIMONS]

I get my son a gun every year. I stared him with a Henry lever 22.

[Ruark]

Just me, and you know I'm an old fashioned old fart, but I'd start him with a basic, bolt action single shot, with iron sights. It teaches him how to load carefully, and the importance of aiming carefully and hitting the target. It also teaches him a basic concept of how the gun works - loading a round, chambering, working the bolt, firing, ejecting, removing the bolt for cleaning, etc. as well as how to aim carefully. Of course, there's a component of safety involved, too. His first "upgrade" could be a nice 4x rimfire scope.

I think these things aren't taught as well with a semi-auto, where he can just spray-and-pray, bambambambambambambam.

Kids these days are too **** spoiled anyway.

Just my 'pinion.

[Texastaxi]

I agree 100% with Ruark! ^

My first real rifle was a single shot Winchester 22, like this.



I think it's a model 67.
The single shot makes you think about every shot, to me anyway.
My first upgrade was to a mag fed bolt action 22!

Konnor already has a 22-250 that his Paw won and sold to me, but that'll be kept back until he's old enough to hunt deer, if he doesn't want to hunt with a cross bow or compound.

I plan on getting him a cricket for his 1st birthday.

[TXHUNT3R]

Loving all the advice guy and stories of your first guns! I am leaning towards a bolt action or lever action. I just love a lever gun so I am REALLY leaning this way.

Some beautiful guns you guys have built for your kids!

[pdevoto]

I want to say a Ruger 10/22, as it is forever.

But if you can find an older single shot bolt action with a peep sight it would be the best to learn the safety and shooting principals on.

[metalmangeorge]

I will disagree with the 10/22 for a first gun. No way in hell was I ready for a semi auto on my own when I got my first 22 (norinco bolt action that my dad and I did custom work to together when I was young).... Probably why I customize guns myself now.

Bolt action/break action single shot for the first rifle.

Yeap

[tarjake]

So far I am digging the Rossi 3 barrel (22lr, .243, 20ga) At 8 years of age, it is about the right size. I couldn't imagine getting my kid a larger gun, and he is tall for his age. I know he will outgrow it, but then I will have it around for my grandkids.

The nice thing about single shot is that it teaches them to make that first shot really count. That and I get 3 guns for the price of one.

i like those too. got one for my daughter at 12, and one for my son at 9yrs old