My family has a deal. The Marlin single shot .22 I learned on has trained almost all of us in the family, and it is understood that we pass it on to the next member (or more correctly, their parents) and that person learns with it. I'm due to get that gun in a year or so in order to teach my oldest daughter to shoot. Then I'll have it until my youngest is proficient with it, and then my Uncle Dave will get it to teach his two kids, who are younger than my kids by a few years. It really works great, and the gun is a real heirloom peice now.