Jericho 941
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- Jul 5, 2011
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- 15
Alright, a lot of quality information here and I won't be able to get to it all before I go to work this morning.
Thanks so much for everyone who responded. That is why I love the High Road. Lots of good people on here who really take your questions seriously. A lot of knowledge and emphasis on safety. That is exactly why I opened this thread.
-buck460XVR
With that in mind I will see if they have a hunter safety course that will take the both of us. I haven't done anything like that in a few years. Oddly enough, working at the range for my department I actually do not have to do a lot of safety courses...
-To lots of folks
He has a pair of sunglasses that my brother gave him somewhere along the way and he insisted they were impact resistant. Said he wore them overseas and that was good enough for me. I wear Bushnell shooting glasses myself, and I try to push them on my nephew even though he looks kind of silly in a pair of adult sized aviators.
-hermannr
All of the recommendations for air rifles have given me a much better idea of what I want for him. It never occurred to me how dangerous a hopper was on a gun and the potential for an AD is huge there. I will be looking for something that has a clip or a single pellet. That is one of the things that drew me to the break-open in the first place, but the magazine would probably be more fun. That is not something I want to lose sight of here, but at the same time I do not want him to be taking shots at road signs.
-Smaug
My price range is not exactly narrow. I have no kids of my own and I live a pretty low-key lifestyle. I do not want to go overboard though, so $200 is probably my maximum. I liked the three options that you gave me, and I especially like the $30 Bugbuster scope that you recommended.
-Jeff56
I don't know where you live, but I would probably arrest you if you had shot that boy. Even though you might get off for shooting a person who was aiming an air-rifle directly at you it would be hard to find a jury sympathetic towards you in this case. Sorry you had such an intense experience though, and good for you not plugging that little boy.
Thanks so much for everyone who responded. That is why I love the High Road. Lots of good people on here who really take your questions seriously. A lot of knowledge and emphasis on safety. That is exactly why I opened this thread.
-buck460XVR
With that in mind I will see if they have a hunter safety course that will take the both of us. I haven't done anything like that in a few years. Oddly enough, working at the range for my department I actually do not have to do a lot of safety courses...
-To lots of folks
He has a pair of sunglasses that my brother gave him somewhere along the way and he insisted they were impact resistant. Said he wore them overseas and that was good enough for me. I wear Bushnell shooting glasses myself, and I try to push them on my nephew even though he looks kind of silly in a pair of adult sized aviators.
-hermannr
All of the recommendations for air rifles have given me a much better idea of what I want for him. It never occurred to me how dangerous a hopper was on a gun and the potential for an AD is huge there. I will be looking for something that has a clip or a single pellet. That is one of the things that drew me to the break-open in the first place, but the magazine would probably be more fun. That is not something I want to lose sight of here, but at the same time I do not want him to be taking shots at road signs.
-Smaug
My price range is not exactly narrow. I have no kids of my own and I live a pretty low-key lifestyle. I do not want to go overboard though, so $200 is probably my maximum. I liked the three options that you gave me, and I especially like the $30 Bugbuster scope that you recommended.
-Jeff56
I don't know where you live, but I would probably arrest you if you had shot that boy. Even though you might get off for shooting a person who was aiming an air-rifle directly at you it would be hard to find a jury sympathetic towards you in this case. Sorry you had such an intense experience though, and good for you not plugging that little boy.