Lookin for a .22

[A_ROOKIE]

I know Christmas is a ways off yet, but thought if I started now maybe I could find what I am looking for.

Something short, light, and easy to use, like the Davey Cricket or the savage. Have found some but all seem kinda high,it doesn't seem that long ago you could a new Cricket for under $100. Has it been that long ago??

Was looking for input from you guys on anything that would make a good first rifle for th boy. SHHH don't tell the wife she would KILL me .






I believe this is a single shot, I know they make bolt action with a 5 round magazine. Like I said easy and light.

[michiganmilitia]

My first was a Ruger 10/22- got it when I turned 14. I think it's got a 10 rd mag, but there are lots of options. I still use it to get rid of pesky chipmunks!

One lesson learned from my dad: He would never buy me a BB gun, no matter how much I pleaded for one. BB Guns are too much like toys and no gun should ever be treated like a toy. My .22 taught me the real rules of firearm safety etc. A great learning tool! How old is your kid?

[Marauder(CDN)]

I had a Cooey 22 and still do with the tube feed, Rutger 10/22 stainless..and a Marlin 22 Magnum. I had another one (forget the make) was a 15 shot semi that I only paid $150 CDN for 14 yrs ago. I found the best deals you could ever want were at the gunshows. Up here there was 1 every month(used to be) and I bought and sold lot's there. I don't know if you have any shows like that around your area or not but they always seemed to be the best place to buy.For me I always liked the old Winchester/Cooey tube feeds as a first teaching gun, nice and simple plus you could fire 10 off. They also taught the value of maintenance due to cleaning the chamber plus making sure the tube was functional.
In case you never heard of Cooey

members.axion.net/~pdbaetz/cooey.htm

[BAT*21{usa}]

i bought this gun when i was in 8th grade {god we all know how long ago that was lol} i still have it and paid what is says in the article lol. it still works fine 2 it shoots a bit to the right though lol but is in good condition.saw 1 for sale on the net about 3 or 4 years ago for $68 USD i should have bought it

[RedRock]

I don't agree about not giving air-guns to kids. WITH SUPERVISION and NOT unfettered access, they're wonderful first weapons--lower powered, quiet, fairly cheap, no recoil, and accurate. My first was a daisy target rifle bb gun. My next was a Sheridan 5 mm pump up (I still have it and kill squirrels with it). After that, I was 18 and started buying my own guns, including air pistols.

I can highly recommend the Sheridan or Benjamin 5 mm (20 caliber) pump up air rife. It is very accurate, has variable speed/power depending upon # of pumps, is single shot (load and cock firing pin, plus pump, each and every shot), looks good and feels good in hand, and is fun. Add a Williams 5D or or other peep site for real shooting pleasure. I think the price has gone up a bit (gasp) in recent years, though. Here it is on Cabela's (get the blue streak model without the scope, $155 they have): www.cabelas.com/hprod-1/0013557.shtml
$126 elsewhere www.nextag.com/benjamin-air-rifle/search-html

[Death's Shadow]

My first was a winchester .22 single shot that has been passed down from father to son for 4 generations now... soon it will be time to pass it to my son. I was 13 and he is 11.. Hunting and firearm safty and knowlage are a long and proud male tradition in my family.


Rookie... wal mart has a youth modle .22 for under $100 here were I live.. Im not sure if their prices on guns are the same nation wide or not, but it is a very nice lil gun.. My sister bought my nephew one last year and it fires nice and is quite accurate. single shot. good training gun.

[BAT*21{usa}]

my first shotgun was a Harrington and Richardson .410 single shot .still have it and it is in excellent condition like the .22 my dad bought it for me at the same time i got the .22 .shoots 3" shotshells and slugs

[Death's Shadow]

that is a nice lil .410 same make and model was my fist shotgun also bat.. killed many a phesant, rabbit, and squiel with it..

[BAT*21{usa}]

cool me too, my dad told me when he got it for me that a single shot shotgun would help with making the shot count that i had to take my time to aim and lead the target not just shoot them all off at the target.it worked too . i downloaded the manual for the gun when i got the screen shot . at the bottom under the weight spec on the site if u need it . i looked at it is still the same.

[RedRock]

Rookie, here is one article about first 22's for your consideration. I agree with the bottom line of buy one as much as you can afford, rather than the cheapest one you can find. www.roguerifle.com/images/FIRST%20_22%20RIFLE.htm

I suggest the pawn shops and gun/shooting/outdoors shops in your area that deal used weapons. Insist upon a 7 or 14 day full refund policy to ensure it has no feeding/extraction/etc. problems, and many shops let you test fire it at their indoor shooting range before you buy, too. You can most likely get one for 20-50% the price of a new weapon this way.

These might do you: www.walmart.com/search/browse-ng.do?ic=12_0&ref=125872.256298+500000.500003+500500.4294044053

I used my father's Winchester Model 63 22LR as my first rifle--it's a collectible which I now own ( cgi.ebay.com/American-Rifleman-April-1998-Winchester-Model-63_W0QQitemZ130075164846QQcmdZViewItem and aaa-webs.com/aaa/webs/homestead/courses/63/63-History.htm ), and Taurus (http://www.taurususa.com/products/product-details.cfm?id=434&category=Rifle) is now manufacturing these rifles. My first rifle I bought was a Browning 22 LR with similar styling and action, although it's a bottom ejecting more slender rifle ( www.browning.com/products/catalog/firearms/detail.asp?value=022B&cat_id=021&type_id=001 ) and has doubled in price from when I bought it in 1981. Both of these quality firearms will last several more generations, for my grandkid's grandkids at least. This is not so for the cheapy shotgun I bought as my first scattergun, a Zayre's special (dont' even recall the brand, just real cheap, and I wore out the extraction pieces with dove hunting over the first 10 years!). Zayre's was sort of an early Kmart.

Here is another nice little 22, a pump, that I have shot and really enjoyed: www.remington.com/products/firearms/rimfire_rifles/model_552_speedmaster.asp . Yikes, though, it is pricey these days, in the $ 500-600 manufacturer's suggested retail price range.

My wife has the ruger 10-22. It surprisingly has a jump or kick to it when fired, perhaps just a very mechanical reloading mechanism, but it is very accurate. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruger_10/22 and www.ruger.com/Firearms/FAFamily?type=Rifle&subtype=Autoloading&famlst=39&variation=Mini-14®%20Ranch%20Rifle and www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5057243 . Still looking at 2 bills, though.

The marlin 22 is an inexpensive rifle and very accurate, and it frequently is sold with a scope to boot: www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4665643 . This is the bolt, but their semiauto is nice, too. About $ 125 to 150 new.

[BAT*21{usa}]

try a local gun show to find one

[A_ROOKIE]

WOW!!

I should have known when I asked you guys for input that I was going to get more then I bargained for. Thank you very much all this is great!!I have been looking and never even thought of some of the things you guys have brought to my attention.

Alot of guns I never even heard of, Mars' cooey, Reds Benjamin, never heard of these and the cooey sounds nice. Not sure about the Ben will read more.

My son is 7, he turns 8 in November and he already has a used BB gun, yes it is like a "toy" but I think it makes an excellent gun to learn with. We treat as if it was a tank. This is how we learn without any serious danger.

I will defiantly be going to the gun shows as they come looking for the right weapon as well as looking more into what you guys have here. Thanks again and I will take any more stuff you guys have to offer.

Will keep you up to date. ;D

[Woody]

You'll shoot your eye out! ;D ;D