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<blockquote data-quote="aarondhgraham" data-source="post: 2386955" data-attributes="member: 13337"><p>I'm for a decent 22 single-shot rifle or maybe a bolt-action repeater,,,</p><p>And/or a single-action .22 revolver.</p><p></p><p>They aren't expensive and can shoot any ammo,,,</p><p>And they slow the new shooter down,,,</p><p>So they learn to aim.</p><p></p><p>Later they can buy the newest whiz-bang autoloaders on the market,,,</p><p>Don't start a kid with the temptation to <em>Spray and Pray</em>.</p><p></p><p><strong>START RANT</strong></p><p></p><p>I hear from people who say,,,</p><p>"But my kids get bored with anything other than a semi-auto."</p><p></p><p>I say to them,,,</p><p>"If they get bored then maybe the shooting sports aren't for them."</p><p></p><p>Call me an old fogey but I get so sad when I see kids at my range,,,</p><p>And all they are doing is turning money into noise,,,</p><p>Burning though 10 round mags in 3 seconds.</p><p></p><p>One friend of mine actually got mad at me,,,</p><p>I offered to take him and his 11 year old to my range,,,</p><p>I brought a high quality Henry Acu-Bolt single-shot rifle for the kid to shoot.</p><p></p><p>My friend said, "I thought we were bringing him here to have fun.",,,</p><p>My answer to him was "I thought learning to hit a target was where the fun was in shooting.</p><p></p><p>I'll offer to take just about any kid to the range,,,</p><p>But I'm not fronting for the ammo if all they want to do is mag dumps.</p><p></p><p><strong>END RANT</strong></p><p></p><p>Buy him something with good quality,,,</p><p>But let it be something he can actually learn with.</p><p></p><p>The first rifle my Dad got for me was a Stevens 22/410 over-under,,,</p><p>Many of my friends had auto-loaders and I felt under gunned,,,</p><p>Until one day I noticed I usually hit what I aimed at,,,</p><p>I actually took rabbits instead of scaring them. <img src="/images/smilies/wink2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink2 :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /></p><p></p><p>JMHO - YMMV</p><p></p><p>Aarond</p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aarondhgraham, post: 2386955, member: 13337"] I'm for a decent 22 single-shot rifle or maybe a bolt-action repeater,,, And/or a single-action .22 revolver. They aren't expensive and can shoot any ammo,,, And they slow the new shooter down,,, So they learn to aim. Later they can buy the newest whiz-bang autoloaders on the market,,, Don't start a kid with the temptation to [I]Spray and Pray[/I]. [B]START RANT[/B] I hear from people who say,,, "But my kids get bored with anything other than a semi-auto." I say to them,,, "If they get bored then maybe the shooting sports aren't for them." Call me an old fogey but I get so sad when I see kids at my range,,, And all they are doing is turning money into noise,,, Burning though 10 round mags in 3 seconds. One friend of mine actually got mad at me,,, I offered to take him and his 11 year old to my range,,, I brought a high quality Henry Acu-Bolt single-shot rifle for the kid to shoot. My friend said, "I thought we were bringing him here to have fun.",,, My answer to him was "I thought learning to hit a target was where the fun was in shooting. I'll offer to take just about any kid to the range,,, But I'm not fronting for the ammo if all they want to do is mag dumps. [B]END RANT[/B] Buy him something with good quality,,, But let it be something he can actually learn with. The first rifle my Dad got for me was a Stevens 22/410 over-under,,, Many of my friends had auto-loaders and I felt under gunned,,, Until one day I noticed I usually hit what I aimed at,,, I actually took rabbits instead of scaring them. :wink2: JMHO - YMMV Aarond . [/QUOTE]
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