TCB in TN
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My oldest was about to turn 5 when he really started asking me to let him shoot my guns. A couple of weeks later I was down in Nashville, browsing through the pawn shops and came across a Marlin 995 with a real beat up stock. Metal looked good, didn't seem to be anything wrong except the stock looked like a couple of beavers had got a hold of the but. I ended up giving $35 for it otd, tood it home, put it across the saw to give it a LoP that would fit him, and that is what he started out with. Would load 1 shell at a time, took the tube off so we made it into a single shot for quite a while. Never let him shoot w/o me in control till he was about 8. Put the tube back on then.
My daughter is a year younger, and youngest son is another 1 1/2 behind her. All three started out with it, and learned pretty well. Have a nephew the same age as my youngest, and another that is 9 now (its his .22 now), and it has suited both of them just fine. I wouldn't say it is the ideal tool, but it worked fine for them, and for the money.
My daughter is a year younger, and youngest son is another 1 1/2 behind her. All three started out with it, and learned pretty well. Have a nephew the same age as my youngest, and another that is 9 now (its his .22 now), and it has suited both of them just fine. I wouldn't say it is the ideal tool, but it worked fine for them, and for the money.