iscareliberalsandlikeit
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I am a firm believer in teaching one's children to shoot and defend themselves. I've taught each one of my kids to shoot beginning at age five. They respect safety, are shockingly accurate, and more recoil tolerant that some adults I meet. (I'm a very proud Dad) Shooting has always been a family affair for us and typically we would pack a vehicle full of food, ammo, and the five us out to the range/public land for a full day of fun. The problem is my daughter was born without a bone in her left arm limiting movement. When she was younger she had more range of motion but now that shes 11, it's become so difficult that she cannot support a rifle with non-dominate hand. She's become frustrated with trying and so I come here to the forum to solicit advice. I'm looking for suggestions of a rifle or pistol carbine that she's able to use or possibly a referral to a gunsmith that specializes in work like this. Maybe there's a change in shooting position that I'm not familiar with would work? She's right handed and right-eye'd dominate. She cannot turn her palm facing upward counter-clockwise. She also cannot use a vertical style fore-grip because the angle is just a little to extreme for her limited range of motion. She's old enough that I believe she's graduated from the single shot micro bolt style .22lr that she could shoot before, to something more significant that perhaps she could keep all the way until she leaves my care. (possibly for self-defense) We've tried some handguns from time to time but being that her hands are still very small and she can't legally own one till 21 I'm dismissing that option for the time being. Handguns require more discipline, and I believe rifles and carbines with irons should be mastered numero uno. I've enclosed a few pictures showing the range of movement of her arms...excuse the costume...Halloween was yesterday...Thanks in advance!