Beginner shooter

[rob1105]

What so you guys think on getting my 8yr old into shooting? A bb gun (.177) or airsoft?

[lgm118icbm]

I like it. That is about the age my dad got me into shooting. Safety first!

[john67elco]

My 3 year old just put the AK under folder in the safe for me. I think you're good

[olhunter]

What so you guys think on getting my 8yr old into shooting? A bb gun (.177) or airsoft?

Airsoft is a toy. Skip that.

Get a single shot .22. Or a nice pellet rifle if you have nowhere else to shoot but your garage.

[Definitely Devious]

I vote nice pellet rifle or a Marlin lever .22...i had a really nice pellet rifle when i was younger. Cant recall the make, but it was solid metal and wood. It looked like an sks and packed a punch for a pellet gun..i loved it and all my bb gun owning buddies were jealous.

[Eddie1965]

http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/model/rascal

This is what my sons started shooting.

[Eddie1965]

http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/model/rascal

This is what my sons started shooting.

[Czsp-01-9mm]

+1 the single shot 22

[CDFingers]

When I was 8, back in 1961, my dad got me my first rifle, an 8mm Mannlicher in the original 8x50r that I still have.

I learned respect for the rifle due to the recoil. Now, at a later stage in my life, I have a few more rifles in my safe, but I've not lost the respect for the rifle.

If 8mm might seem too much, go for a lever action in .357. Respect will be learned, but with fewer bruises.

CDFingers

[Divernhunter]

22RF rifle. Get a youth size one. Do NOT handycap a young/small person with a full size/heavy rifle. You want it to be fun for them. My daughter had a Chimpmonk 22RF when she was 4.5 years old. Then I got a 2nd stock for my 10/22 Ruger and had it cut down for her. Then I got her own Marlin model 60. I got her a 257Roberts and a 2nd stock which I cut down when she was little. I handloaded light loads. She liked it so much she wore the barrel out. I got a new Douglas air gage barrel on it this year and she will use it in Africa next year when we go.
Started her out on a Browning Buckmark 22RF pistol then a Ruger 9mm.

[kenworthxd]

I just bought my grandson ,7 yrs old, a Savage mark II Y a youth size semi auto.
My plan was to get him a single shot 22 but he has a 9 yr old friend with a marlin semi auto so the single shot wasn't going to fly. the 9 yr old is a girl and he didn't want to be outgunned by a girl.
the grandson lives in the city so the savage lives in my safe and he can practice when he comes here, with adult supervision.

[regalado1]

My son is 9 years old and has several firearms that he's had for at least a few years now.
His go to guns are his Ruger Target Tactical 22 rifle and his new Ruger SR22 pistol.
I'll be adding a single shot 20 gauge shotgun for his 10th birthday coming up in Feb.

[4DMASTR]

Agree with the single shot. My kids started with a Remington 514 youth model. Problem is I cant keep em away from the 10/22 now and my son is itching to shoot the AR. Double ears for the little ones and safety safety safety!

[robcoe]

Either a bb gun or a single shot .22

I started with an old crossman pump bb gun(one of the "assault weapon" models with the 100 round internal magazine), shot it until it finally fell apart

[davek8s]

My oldest started shooting at 10, but his brother got to start at 5. The older 1 just wasn't ready before he turned 10. Both started with a 10/22.

I say skip the BB gun and get a 22