So, I ordered my daughter her "first" gun

[lohman446]

Yeh, a little late.  Shes going to be 11 and has been shooting with me for a bit over a year.  She's actually pretty good with a Buckmark at the range.  

   

   I ordered her a 10/22.  It was my "first" gun too.  I still have mine and thought about giving it to her, but I ordered one of the "pretty" distributor exclusives for her.

[grayelky]

Sounds to me like you have your priorities in order.

   

   Congrats on all the good times the two of you will have.

[clipper1]

...L446, You are truely in the "Super Dad" catagory..In this day & age, that is becoming increasingly rare...Gary

[mrmadhat]

I have purchased a couple of guns for the use of my children, I still title them as mine so it is easier for them to distinguish that my rules of safety imply and that they dont get the liberty of taking them shooting without either my wifes or my own supervision, but the guns I have bought for kid use are for the kids.. lol dont know if that makes sence, but it works for me.. I have a savage bolt action 22 lr and a charles daly 20 gauge that are just for the kids, I have a ruger 10/22 that we all use. and I have an SKS that my oldest son deer hunts with, that gun is my zombie apocolips gun though lol have a 3 round mag for deer and a couple of 40 round mags for zombies and food storage protection

[ricart]

Got my first .22 for Christmas at the tender age of 9, a Stevens single shot.  My Step father was a WW2 foot solder and wanted me to learn to make the first shot count.  It was passed on to my son when he was 11 or 12.  Now, the gun has helped teach my grandson, and 2 granddaughters to shoot.  It has required only minimal repairs over the 60+ years in the family. Still very accurate. Guess my grandkids will pass it on to their children.

[mrmadhat]

thats pretty cool ricart.. I grew up an a non gun household, not anti gun just didnt want them I guess... I was giving my 10/22 from my fatherinlaw, i had fixed his old single shot 22 from when he was a kid. when i gave it back to him in working order he was exstatic, he went in the other room and came back with the ruger, he said it was mine and to enjoy it.. lol my father inlaw is on of my best friends, dont know how that happened but its been a nice bonus to being married to a good woman

[woodchuckssuck]

I also grew up in a non-gun house. Mom hated guns when I was younger, I got my first pellet gun a week before my 16th birthday because by then I had proven I can be safe with a gun (scouts). I got my first firearm when I was 20, a 10/22. That was definitely the best first firearm purchase anyone could make! Of course my 10/22 is no longer the carbine I bought it as I wish I had bought two, they were $150 + tax back then...

   

   Lohman, good on you getting your daughter into shooting. My girlfriend has gone with me twice. First time she wasn't too thrilled with it, second time she had fun. She wants to go over thanksgiving break with me! I bought her some electronic ear muffs because earplugs bother her quite a bit. I think more females need to learn marksmanship and how to handle firearms.

[cedarview kid]

Last year I bought a Cricket .22 for my 10-year-old daughter to shoot. She refused to get a pink one, so we got black (she prefers "everything boyish.") It's the perfect size for her and is only single-shot for safety.

   

   I asked her to help buy it so she would feel ownership of it, so she scrounged and came up with about a dollar and a half in change. I said that was perfect and we went out and bought one used.

   

   Now she complains that I don't take her shooting enough. LOL.

   

   Dar

[grayelky]

Ricart-

   I would love to have something like that to pass down. Unfortunately, my Dad was one of those who felt money was the most important thing. He told his wife to sell the guns when he was gone 'cause she would need the money. I know for a fact the size of his estate is such she will be set for life in a comfortable - not rich - life style. It is just the was he was. I take comfort in knowing if I ever do get grandkids, they will have some of my guns to pass down.

[buford_efurd]

Well, how did your daughter like her gun, Lohman ? Have you taken her shooting much ?

[lohman446]

Her birthday is not until next week so it might be a bit before a range report.  The original 10/22 I ordered the shop said came in in unacceptable condition.  Which worked out well because she was in handling them and kinda wrinkled her nose at the 10/22 so they ordered me a Henry youth model to better fit her.    She loved the lever actions there.

[ricart]

Hi Gray,

   Sorta a sad story re nothing to pass on in the way of firearms. My Great Grandfather on my Dad's side had an old hammer double shotgun.  The older brothers got the gun, later my dad saw they had put it in a closet and it was a rust bucket, ruined.  My Dad went to a gun dealer and bought a double barrel Winchester 16 ga. in 1943, telling my mother it would be mine to pass on.  He died in 1945, the gun is in my safe with almost all the blueing still in place and not a speck of rust anywhere.  It will no doubt be in the safes of my son and grandson along with other well cared for older  firearms when I go.

[grayelky]

Ricart-

   Knowing my Dad, it was not a surprise. He grew up picking up coal that fell from the trains so they could heat their house. He saw to it we never were hungry and had clothes, a clean house and heat. His top priority was we would never be as poor as he was, and he would never be again.

   

   There is still a chance I may be able to get one or 2 of his guns.