Youth .22

[dougc75]

Looking to purchase a .22 for my 11 year old son.
looked at the savage rascal and I'm thinking this gun is too small?
What other .22 youth guns are out there? What do you recommend?

Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,

[north american hunter]

When my oldest was 10 I bought him a cz 452 scout, very nice accurate gun.

[score]

My son is 12 and has had a few for a while now. His two favorites are the Henry lever and Rossi pump. Both problem free.

[Au revoir, Gopher]

Originally Posted by dougc75

looked at the savage rascal and I'm thinking this gun is too small?

I picked up a rascal for my 7 year old grandson to use, fits him quite well. I expect he will outgrow it in a year or two. Then I will be in the same boat as you; looking for a slightly larger youth sized .22. Or maybe I'll just shorten the stock on my old Cooey 600.

ARG

[altex]

CZ scout .

[Dirt2oil]

There is only 1 an old cooey 39!

[qwert]

Marlin 915YS

[colroggal]

You can't go wrong with a 10/22 - unless you want to steer clear of semis. I learned on a ruger. Iron sites and all. I still have one that my wife is now using to learn with.

Colin.

[Speckle55]

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here one that I own its great for kids as its light Rem 597
http://www.remington.com/products/fi...model-597.aspx

and you can put a nice 4 power scope on it

its a semi-auto so if he misses shoot again

shooting targets for kids is even more fun

teaches the basics breathing and trigger control

I watched with the spotting scopes with these two brothers at range shooting and called their shots

then took them in the field and let them shoot (friends kids)

you should buy him something that he use his life time

I am a little bias but then I have three boys that are shooters at a very young age

Food for thought

David

[Skytop B]

I have a Crickett brown laminate and stainless with a Crickett scope on it, I would let it go as both my boys have outgrown it.

[M70]

I bought my 12 year old a Savage Mk1. Single shot and accu-trigger. It has been a great little rifle. I like the single shot for safety reasons and the accutrigger makes it easier to develop a nice fluid trigger pull. I was concerned that a heavy trigger pull was going to produce poor accuracy, bad form, and frustration.

The Little Rascal may be too short for your son. I bought one for my six year old and it won't fit him by the time he is eleven.

[Skytop B]

Buy him a little gun that fits him now so he can kearn the proper fundamentals without struggling with weight or length, who cares if a $150 gun doesn't fit him 3 years down the road.

Oops, missed the 11 year old part, my boys second gun was a henry lever action 22, third gun was a 10-22, now he's 12 and on his fourth, a 243 in a rem 700 youth and it needs to be rebarreled and stocked already

[Scottmisfits]

I have a Savage Stevens model 300 for my son. It's a bolt action, synthetic stock it's a little big for my son now and a lite small for my personal comfort level.