Any of you MEN buy a youth rifle for yourself?

[jmorris]

I think the Browning SA-22 is perfect for little people, right or left handed. Also nice enough to keep an adult happy.

 

[chicharrones]

I've entertained the idea of youth sized guns over the years. Especially turning a youth sized .22 into a gadget gun of some sort.

However, the only true youth gun I ever bought was for my youngest daughter for one of my Father's Days many years ago.
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Now it looks like this.
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[Stevie-Ray]

Yes, my first adventure with a rifle was with a Mossberg 352, when I was 9 years old. Wanted one of those ever since, but when finances were good was unable to find one worth buying until just last year, when I found a nice one at a gun show. Picked it up for $170. Also bought a Mossberg 151M years before that, simply because it was so nice.

 

[Stumper]

Two youth models I bought just for myself. A Rossi single shot switch barrel .22 long rifle and .410 shotgun combo and a 7mm-08 Mossberg Patriot youth model.

 

[GooseGestapo]

I recently (18mos ago) bought a youth model TriStar 20ga Raptor semi auto shot gun.
It had camo stocks, and a 24” vent rib barrel / screw in choke. It was on clearance at Walmart for $190. I ordered a matching adult butt stock and some aftermarket choke tubes.

It’s my favorite general purpose shotgun. It’ll digest almost any crummy reload.
I researched and loaded a reduced recoil load that shoots phenomenal.
7/8oz shot and 12.5gr of GreenDot. Throws hulls beside my right foot... kicks less than a .410 O/U.

 

[bannockburn]

Don't have any true youth sized guns but I still have my first .22 rifle, a 10/22, that I always felt was a little bit smaller in size than some other .22 rifles (it also has the perfect stock dimensions for me...still does too)!

The only other rifle I have that feels like it's stock is a bit shorter in overall length is my Rossi Model 92. Again like my 10/22 it fits me just right!

 

[Armored farmer]

I have always been infatuated with short rifles and carbines.
I had dreams of building a Marauder, which is a 336Y Marlin that has been tweaked.
I scratched that itch recently with a Winchester '94 carbine.
It's not a youth model....it's a 16" trapper SRC

 

[anothernewb]

Bought the ruger american rimfire compact #8328 awhile back. one of my favorites to shoot.

 

[Dave DeLaurant]

I still have my original 'youth' rifle, a Marlin-Glenfield 25 that dad bought me for my 16th birthday:



And I have three rifles that came with youth-length stocks: Henry Mini-bolt, H&R Sportster, and H&R/ACC .300 Blackout. I later substituted proper adult-length stocks, but I suppose once a youth, always:



I don't think of any of these as particularly youth-y rifles given how I use them. However, I purchased a S&W M&P
15/22 earlier this year strictly to appease my inner teenager. Don't have a purpose for it other than feeling younger whenever I pull the trigger:

 

[someguy2800]

I've entertained the idea of youth sized guns over the years. Especially turning a youth sized .22 into a gadget gun of some sort.

However, the only true youth gun I ever bought was for my youngest daughter for one of my Father's Days many years ago.
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I need that! I have never seen one. Where did you get the stock?

 

[chicharrones]

I need that! I have never seen one. Where did you get the stock?

The gun is actually a Zastava that was imported under different brands over the years, such as Remington, Charles Daly, or even CZ (Crvena Zastava not Česká Zbrojovka). They are still available at some gun dealers in the USA. https://zastavaarmsusa.com/product/smallbore-rifle-mp-22/

Stocky's stocks had a batch of blemished adult sized Remington Model 5 stocks many years ago. I snatched one up when I got my daughter that gun and refinished it.

I was so impressed with that little rifle, that I bought the "dad" version later on.
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[Hasaf]

I purchased this falling block 22 when ammo prices were high. The idea was to force myself to slow down and focus on the basics.



There is nothing to show the scale in that picture, something I need to change, but the proportions are quite small.

Oh, yes, it is fun to shoot.

 

[Offfhand]

I'm 6-2 and bought this Chipmunk for myself because I liked the pretty stock..

 

[someguy2800]

I'm 6-2 and bought this Chipmunk for myself because I liked the pretty stock..View attachment 1046436 View attachment 1046437

Even your chipmunk is gorgeous...

 

[Rubone]

I like to carry around my youth model 870 20ga, it is great in the brush. Most of my vintage 22s could be deemed youth size, they are all pretty small. And then there is the Western Arms .410 SxS...

 

[Skylerbone]

Purchased a Savage Cub-T years ago for my oldest, now 17. It’s passed to his younger brother (13) and I’ve somehow managed to put more rounds through it than both combined. Looking forward to finding an adult sized rifle soon for the younger boy so can commence to squirrel killin with a 3 1/2 lb single-shot.





Similar in size to the Rascal that replaced it, but with a full size receiver.

 

[dranrab]

Did we establish how the subject gun is dimensionally different from the adult model? I absolutely cannot get cozy behind a rifle with a short LOP. Some folks don't mind. That may be the only difference.

 

[outdoorman63]

I bought an old Steven's 22 that was a youth rifle, still have it.

 

[ExtremeSquared]

I'm 6'6" and abnormally small LOPs are a sort of a guilty pleasure. I haven't figured out why it matters outside of scope concerns. The MP5 has a relatively short LOP and is perfectly ergonomic.

 

[cpoakes]

Did we establish how the subject gun is dimensionally different from the adult model? I absolutely cannot get cozy behind a rifle with a short LOP. Some folks don't mind. That may be the only difference.

I am repeadtedly tempted by the CZ-452 Scout - short barrel, iron sights, quality build - but the 12 1/2 LOP stops me.

 

[someguy2800]

It actually has an adult length of pull but I suppose this counts. I picked up this Steven’s favorite in 22 magnum last week. A modern reproduction of the old Steven’s “boys rifle” as they were often called.

 

[trackskippy]

Ive bought a couple of youth stocked guns, the last being a Marlin 336Y. I usually remove the recoil pads on any of the other "newer" rifles and fit a butt plate to them, trying to get a proper LOP.

The shorter LOP guns are much easier to use and shoulder with field guns as opposed to bench guns. A shorter stock is much easier to adapt to than a longer one.

Its kind of funny now too, that what a lot of people call short, was in the past, the norm. Shorter LOP's (12.5-13") with a lower comb for use with iron sights and steel butt plates used to be the norm.

 

[somethingbenign]

No rifles and technically no shotguns either. My wife has a BPS we cut several inches off the stock to fit her better. Also have a single shot NEF pardner that is about the size of a youth gun. Both shotguns are a blast to hunt and bust clays with. The NEF has some voodoo in it too, everyone who shoots that gun can't shoot worse than 75% on clays including a gal that just missed 50 in a row on a gun fitted to her. Mighty impressive for 410.

 

[someguy2800]

No rifles and technically no shotguns either. My wife has a BPS we cut several inches off the stock to fit her better. Also have a single shot NEF pardner that is about the size of a youth gun. Both shotguns are a blast to hunt and bust clays with. The NEF has some voodoo in it too, everyone who shoots that gun can't shoot worse than 75% on clays including a gal that just missed 50 in a row on a gun fitted to her. Mighty impressive for 410.

My brother had an NEF 410 when we were kids and we always found it to be very easy to hit clays with. We probably would have worn it out if 410 shells hadn’t been so expensive

 

[9x56MS]

Found a CZ Model 457 laminate Scout rifle in .22 rimfire at Sportsman's Warehouse near Harrisburg, PA for $549.99. Salesman said they have "tons of them".

What a solid little all weather rifle. You could feel the quality.

I was very tempted to get one for myself.

Any of you men ever buy a youth model for your own use?

No but only because the stocks on most factory rifles are too short for me let alone a youth model.