Getting my son his first gun.

[les strat]

what will your son's first smartphone be? Would you get him a rotary phone with a steel bell and clapper on a land line first, to teach him discipline and control before he starts using a cool computer phone? It's a changing world...

lmao :19:

[mr surveyor]

this here is my office phone for the employees...if'n he wants to talk, this is it

[Cokeman]

I got my boy this one. Best for gun ever!

[jlottmc]

I can say with out a doubt that for the smaller kids a Crickett rifle is the way to go. http://www.crickett.com/ If the yoot is a little bigger or older, then a 10/22 is a great way to go. Given your affliction for older guns a Henry rimfire is another great option.

[Chief Joseph]

How much are you guys paying for the 10/22, was looking at getting one and putting a tapco stock on, but at over 300 for the gun and 75 for the stock, it's about the same price as the 15 22.

[rvanpelt]

I can say with out a doubt that for the smaller kids a Crickett rifle is the way to go. http://www.crickett.com/ If the yoot is a little bigger or older, then a 10/22 is a great way to go. Given your affliction for older guns a Henry rimfire is another great option.

Another vote for a Cricket as his first gun, then move up to a Henry lever, as Cokeman stated. I love my adult model with octagon barrel! After the boy learns disciplined shooting, move up to the Ruger 10/22. I don't think an auto is a good starter gun for a kid, just saying. IMHO
Rod van Pelt

[Cokeman]

Yeah. If they are small enough, even the Henry can be heavy to hold while aiming.

[jlottmc]

A wood stock and blue finish should run right at 250-300 all day long at Wally world. An LGS should be able to that or better as well. The Tapco stock is what it is, just order that from a distributor instead of the factory.

Ok now to take a small detour. My daughter is almost big enough to handle her purple stocked Crickett. I need to make a sling for it, and then find somewhere I can teach her, my way. I'm so excited.

[les strat]

Crickets are great little rifles that teach discipline and making every shot count. Good length of pull for short little arms. Some come with a pretty decent scope you can put on after teaching them to shoot with iron sights.

[jimbar]

Chief,
Like a lot of others, I'll go with Ruger 10/22. Here's what I did wiith mine.
$232 for rifle, $100 for kit, $40 for red dot

[jocko]

damn thats col. Obamma will come an take that though, or he will send Pelosi and in that case then just bend her over a table and give her your gun. Just sayin

[jimbar]

damn thats col. Obamma will come an take that though, or he will send Pelosi and in that case then just bend her over a table and give her your gun. Just sayin

it would have to be the gun,....or a 10 ft pole,....I guarantee nothin' else would touch her..

[jlottmc]

I say go right ahead you DOM (that would be jocko). You mess with that, don't film or take pictures please.

[ripley16]

Still think one of these,



or one of these is a good choice.



But I'm a HK fanboy, so...

Rugers good too. Saw a beautiful full Monte Carlo stock 10/22 at the gun show last week for $350. Almost bought a used one, standard birch stock, for $175.

[Bawanna]

I have two of those HK's (suppressed Navy) in the armory. Very fun. My son has the GSG 22 look alike and it's a lot of fun to play with too.
A few of the parts can be swapped with real ones to make a more solid little gun. The buttstock and such.
Around here everyone is getting away from the sub guns and sticking with short barreled AR's. We still have ours but never use them anymore. They refuse to give them to me for proper love and affection. Story of my life.