Loosedhorse
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I've got a friend who wants to outfit his kid with a deer gun (shotgun only in our state)--he's thinking of an H&R rifled single-shot 12 gauge, and wants to know if he should scope it.
I have my own opinions, but I'm wondering if I could ask you all to weigh-in on what you think a good choice of shotgun is for a beginning hunter, whether it should be scoped, and what else it might be important to do (fit the stock, recoil pad, anything else) to make practice and hunting safe and fun.
As you all know, there's little more important we can do than introduce kids to firearms and hunting THE RIGHT WAY, so I want to make sure I'm not leading them astray.
(The answer is YES: the dad has taken a gun safety course, and he and his son are set up for a hunter safety class already.)
Thanks.
I have my own opinions, but I'm wondering if I could ask you all to weigh-in on what you think a good choice of shotgun is for a beginning hunter, whether it should be scoped, and what else it might be important to do (fit the stock, recoil pad, anything else) to make practice and hunting safe and fun.
As you all know, there's little more important we can do than introduce kids to firearms and hunting THE RIGHT WAY, so I want to make sure I'm not leading them astray.
(The answer is YES: the dad has taken a gun safety course, and he and his son are set up for a hunter safety class already.)
Thanks.