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I'm thinking 14 is the youngest I am comfortable with.
What is your opinion? I'm talking about kids that have never shot a shotgun, and have probably only shot a rifle once or twice under supervision. |
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That sounds about right.
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Probably girls could do it at 12. They're so much more mature than boys at that age.
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We've always started the boys on a 12 gauge at 14. The 11-13 year olds could shoot either a 410 or maybe a 20 gauge, depending on how big they were.
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As to the thread query, it would depend primarily on how big the kid is, not his age.
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I was thinking about buying a $120 Rossi combo .22 / .410 single-shot, so that the boys could use it. I'm not likely to buy a 20 gauge.
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When I was 12 I received a single shot breech-load Ithaca .410 with a beautiful walnut stock for my birthday. That is still my favorite gun.
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