Author Topic: Lever gun for my son (Read 1289 times)

Matt in AK · « **on:** January 05, 2003, 08:44:58 AM »

My son will be 10-years-old in March and it's time for his first gun. His sister's already got a 22 rifle and 20 ga shotgun and let's him borrow one when I take him hunting. Next step will be a rifle that they/he can use for deer. I'm thinking about a 44 mag lever action rifle. I saw a used one (Winchester?) just his size in a local gun store. I figure he could start off with some 44 Special rounds and work his way up. Whaddya think? :?

ButlerFord45 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 05, 2003, 11:45:03 AM »

I think he goin be 1 happy boy!!! :-D

Good Luck to ya both!!

Hud · « **Reply #2 on:** January 05, 2003, 01:10:41 PM »

I have to jump in here and tell how I taught my boys to shoot.
I started them at about 6 years old. They were old enough to understand the basics of gun saftey and that they were never to get into my guns but could shoot all they wanted when I was along.

Anyway, they ALWAYS had ear protection, and I never talked to them about recoil or that there was even such a thing.

They started out shooting my 30-06 loaded with a buckshot for a bullet behind a few grains of Unique. And a 12 ga with just the wads. They did not know the difference between their loads and mine. Over the years I kept loading them up.

By the time they were around 9 years old they still were not big enough to hold up the guns to shoot offhand very well, but were shooting full strength loads while standing behind the bench with the guns on a rest.

When they were 10 I turned them loose with pellet guns. They had read some article about military Quick-Skill shooting. They then hacked the sights off of there pellet guns and started shooting air born targets, (glasses were a must). They were also allowed to shoot Starlings and could hit one on the wing every now and then.

Hud

Hud · « **Reply #3 on:** January 05, 2003, 01:17:29 PM »

Any way my point was that the 44 sounds great! You may even want to load down a little from the 44 special loads depending on his recoil threshold. Once you pass that, the fun goes out of it for him. Also hearing protection not only saves his ears, but it seems to reduce the recoil sensation.

Hud

Rick Teal · « **Reply #4 on:** January 05, 2003, 06:16:44 PM »

If I were you, I'd take a little time and look around for a used Savage 99 in .250 Savage. It has lots of pop for deer, and is light in the recoil department.