TX_Shooter
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Hey all!!
Thank you soooo much for all the feedback!!! I almost totally forgot about this thread. , and missed these other posted after what we found out my son shoots the Marlin ok.
The only thing is like you all said, its a little to long/big for his size, but he can shoot it to a rest @ the range on the table and sitting. No problem.
I actually fell in love w/ the marlin 795. No kidding. W/O a scope I been hitting bullseye @ the 35 yrd mark, no problem (w/o a scope). To me this is good, brings back the old BB-gun days from my pumpmaster760 .
But all in all, I think I want him to get a youth size rifle and not spend over the $140.00 price point. I think it will be wise that he has the single bolt action type gun, so he can become well trained on gun responsibility and be patient on his aim & shots more. He seems to shoot 100 rounds really quick and not truly taking his time on his shoots because the Marlin795 is a 10-shot autoloader. And it seems when I fire off my Bersa 380 (handgun) in 3 rounds he already fired off all 10 rounds in his. I also seem to spend more time fill his 22 mag, because he says it hurts his fingers loading. HAHAHA!! So I think bolt action/single shooter is for him right now. I am looking at both a
Rossi Single-Shot Rifle .17HMR 18½" Stainless (Youth) rifle ($95.00)
Marlin 915Y 22 LR Single Shot Youth Model $144.00
Crickett 300 .22lr Blued, Daniel Crickett Walnut $138.00
New England SS1-Y22 SPORTSTER 22LR 20 YOUTH $108.00
-Now I did add a 17HMR to the .22 cal in the mix. Now nowing nothing about the 17hmr, I assume is basically comparable to the .22, but probably the 17hmr bullets are tad more expensive?
So out of these rifles, which you all would recommend? Many thanks.
My son with his 795.
Thank you soooo much for all the feedback!!! I almost totally forgot about this thread. , and missed these other posted after what we found out my son shoots the Marlin ok.
The only thing is like you all said, its a little to long/big for his size, but he can shoot it to a rest @ the range on the table and sitting. No problem.
I actually fell in love w/ the marlin 795. No kidding. W/O a scope I been hitting bullseye @ the 35 yrd mark, no problem (w/o a scope). To me this is good, brings back the old BB-gun days from my pumpmaster760 .
But all in all, I think I want him to get a youth size rifle and not spend over the $140.00 price point. I think it will be wise that he has the single bolt action type gun, so he can become well trained on gun responsibility and be patient on his aim & shots more. He seems to shoot 100 rounds really quick and not truly taking his time on his shoots because the Marlin795 is a 10-shot autoloader. And it seems when I fire off my Bersa 380 (handgun) in 3 rounds he already fired off all 10 rounds in his. I also seem to spend more time fill his 22 mag, because he says it hurts his fingers loading. HAHAHA!! So I think bolt action/single shooter is for him right now. I am looking at both a
Rossi Single-Shot Rifle .17HMR 18½" Stainless (Youth) rifle ($95.00)
Marlin 915Y 22 LR Single Shot Youth Model $144.00
Crickett 300 .22lr Blued, Daniel Crickett Walnut $138.00
New England SS1-Y22 SPORTSTER 22LR 20 YOUTH $108.00
-Now I did add a 17HMR to the .22 cal in the mix. Now nowing nothing about the 17hmr, I assume is basically comparable to the .22, but probably the 17hmr bullets are tad more expensive?
So out of these rifles, which you all would recommend? Many thanks.
My son with his 795.
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