Help me find a kid a rifle...

[gunsandreligion]

The henry lever action youth 22 sounds great don't even think of a cricket he's 14 so he probably doesn't need a single shot the henry is high quaility and extremely fun and very accurate

 

[bigalexe]

Being an individual with Muscular Dystrophy age 21 i never competed in an athletic based team sport. I did however compete in high school in Quiz Bowl, several Automotive service competitions, practice martial arts (non-competitive, except against oneself), was a boy scout. I did a lot of things that didn't involve measuring myself against others for gratification.

I know i dint answer your question directly but i would seriously question why getting someone into a competitive environment where winning is pushed is such a good thing. It sounds like your boss wants a kid to show off.

As far as the topic is concerned i saw a Savage Mk II with scope for 325 at a local retailer new.

 

[TEC]

Reconsider an air rifle, 10-meter, target model. The Daisy 853 Avanti single stroke pneumatic would be my suggestion.

see: http://www.pyramydair.com/cgi-bin/model.pl?model_id=145

Daisy also makes nice competition quality single stroke pneumatic 10-meter air pistols.

see: http://www.pyramydair.com/cgi-bin/model.pl?model_id=308

If you want to look at some more "serious" (more expensive, not necessarily more accurate) air guns and competition rim fire rifles, check out champchoice.com and pilkguns.com

The FWB-603 Junior could take him to the Olympics.

see: https://www.airgunsofarizona.com/beemanmatchrifles.html

by the way, with a decent pellet trap and backstop, all of these are extremely quiet and can easily be shot indoors or in the back yard. Match grade pellets are about $12-15 bucks for 500 rounds. If you are serious about learning competitive shooting, air rifles and air pistols are the place to start.

PS: Buy the young man a copy of "The Ways of the Rifle" too.

http://www.mec-shot.com/products/books/waysoftherifle/index.html

PPS used air guns here:

http://www.airguns.net/classifieds/...2&adSort=forsale&StartingAd=0&NumberOfPages=3

Jim Edmondson is a reputable dealer and importer of some very fine, used high-grad air guns.

 

[Runningman]

Humm might be off topic here but I will throw this out. Has he looked into go kart racing at all? Small size light weight is an advantage in Karts and race cars.

 

[Barker45]

CZ 452 scout ALL THE WAY!!!!!! Competition, hunting, plinking, it does it all. A TACK DRIVER and beautiful too. You can mount a scope (mine wears a 4x weaver shotgun scope), use the iron sights already on the rifle, or have a peep sight mounted! You have to spend A LOT of $ to find a rifle that shoots better than a CZ. Check out rimfirecentral.com.
Competition or not, I think your friend's son would love the scout. It's not your typical "youth/kids" rifle.

 

[txman321]

remington model 5
Savage mark II

 

[czhen]

Don't underrate the CZ 513 (22 cal.)farmer shorter than 452 lux but same quality perfect for beginners.

CZhen
Florida