Youth Rifle Questions

[carnplanenut]

My daughter is small for her age (10 also), so I got her a Henry Youth Rifle. She picked the stock color-Orange-too. She loves shooting it and is getting really good with it. Don't worry how long it will last, worry more about having more time to shoot with him.

A rifle that fits him and gets him excited about shooting is an investment that will go far. If he outgrows it, and he wants a larger one; then that is a good quality problem to have.

Jason

[newracer]

CZ youth model would be a great choice. It comes with a single shot adapter and can take magazines. If you wanted to you can switch out the stock later to a standard model.

I got my sons a Henry Mini-bolt and it has been great. I even shoot it some.

[Airspace]

After a while shooting shooting with my Red Ryder and later a daisy airgun I moved on to shooting my dads Winchester 190. When my friend wanted to buy a gun and start shooting we went to Walmart and picked up a Marlin 60. I liked it so much I bought a Marlin 795 a few weeks later for plinking (the old Winchester is a pain to clean and kind of an heirloom).

For somewhere around $160 you can't go wrong. They are easy to clean and pretty durable. My 795 has the black synthetic stock which puts up with a lot of abuse and is pretty darn light. The wood stocked 60 is a bit heavier but with its tube magazine you never have to worry about loosing a tiny little magazine. Both work well with smaller framed shooters.

[loudbay]

There's a couple youth sized single shots w peep sights at Spotsmans. I forget the brand, but they felt really nice. Cheaper than the savage cub which I've never seen in the wild.

[MarkCO]

The Hogue Overmolded YOUTH sotck is very lightweight and with a shorter LOP. I have one for my boys and it is their favorite of all the one we tried. They started shooting it at 7 years old and are still using it now, the older one at 11 next week.

Slap one on the 10/22 and call it good. Best overall choice IMHO.