Chantecler111

You can't hardly beat the .243 or .223 for the begginning shooter, neither of them kick hard enough to cause a flinch, and they can both kill game.

goyard74

i guess ive heard that about starting a child out on open sights, i guess my philosphy is that as well

nksmfamjp

I always had a scope when I was a kid, but I also believe that open sights are a must to learn early. I too have fallen to teaching my kids with a scope. . .As a father, open sights proved too hard to explaing when I tried on the first daughter. I should say, I usually try to get my girls to take their first shots at 4 or 5 years old, though. I think a dot sight would be easiest as young kids have a hard time with eye relief.

bigpapa

My first memory of hunting was with my father hunting for tree rats.We both had .22's withiron. It was in my back yard. lol I was onlyaround 7 or 8 and king of the forrest. Anywho, I moved to a 30-30 for deer and killed my first doe with it off iron. Itnot onlytaught me how to shoot but how to get close to the animal (under 50 yards) without spooking them. Now I have a .308 with a 6.5x20x50 scope that I use for hunting fields and powerlines but if I'm in the woods I still reach for the 30-30 first. Iron sights are like stick shifts once you learn them you'll never have a problem with anything else. Check out this book The Hunter's Guide To Accurate Shooting by Wayne Van Zwoll. It will tell you everything you need to know about aiming.

goyard74

i was talking too the father in law and he has a 30-30 bolt that has been handed down generation too generation and asked me if my son would use it for his fisrt hunt. I said it would be a honor. it is a savage bolt with open sights.

stalkingbear

Without a .22lr. you might consider a single shot so he will learn to depend ONLY on that 1st most important shot.