Youth .22 rifle

[bbrown]

My little girl turns 7 this November and I want to get her a bolt action .22 rifle to learn on and looking for recommendations. She’s pretty small and probably won’t out grow a youth sized rifle for a long while so I’m leaning that direction. She’s been shooting her pink Red Ryder that she got for her 5th but it’s still way too big and it’s not starting her out with the right habits.

My dad gave me an old Remington 581 bolt rifle for my 12th birthday which is the same one my grandfather gave him on his 12th and she will get it on her 12th birthday but need something smaller in the meantime. Thinking something along the lines of the Rascal or chipmunk or something similar preferably single shot but not a deal breaker if it has an external magazine and feed it one at a time. Thoughts?

 

[SomeJackassOnAForum]

Get her a suppressed sbr AR15 in 22lr

 

[bbrown]

Ha in that case I’ll get me a suppressed .22 and she can just shoot it occasionally.

 

[menhaden_man]

Savage Rascal, single shot, peep site, have had three kids learn to shoot on that and their safety, accuracy and understanding of firearms is top shelf.

 

[Fendrick]

I love the savage rascal .22 I bought my kid a couple years ago. Single shot, accutrigger and accurate. He loves ringing the steel plate at 100yrds with factory peep sight. It was his fit gun after the red rider also.

I picked it over the cricket youth 22 because the cricket you have to manually cock the firing pin and a smaller kid will not be able to (can be a plus on safety side), but I did not want to have to cock the rifle for every shot when my kid is shooting. On range days he will put 100 shots down range with his rascal.

 

[bbrown]

Good to know the differences between the Rascal and Chipmunk. Thanks guys

 

[Davidson51]

My sons started with the Ruger American 22LR. The flush mount 10 round mag, modular stock and lightweight were all pluses. With the modular stock you can quickly add LOP as she grows or if the wife wants to try it out. Once they fired a few hundred rounds with the iron sights, I added the Leupold Rimfire 2-7x, great accuracy.

 

[bbrown]

Any idea on how short you can adjust the LOP on the Ruger? I like that she could grow into it

 

[menhaden_man]

You can get the charger (pistol version) and put a stock on it. More expensive but the kids love it. This one had a can and Nikon scope that’s no longer made. This is a 10/22 with a southpaw 8 year old.

 

[Davidson51]

Any idea on how short you can adjust the LOP on the Ruger? I like that she could grow into it

From Ruger's website, looks like the compact version LOP is 12.5" and extends to 13.75"...

Ruger American® Rimfire Compact Bolt-Action Rifle Model 8306

ruger.com

 

[ryjack70ss]

Watching. I have a 7 year old in the first percentile. His red Ryder is way to long and a stiff trigger pull. We are going to pick up a savage rascal.


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[mt100gr.]

I bought my petite daughters a Rascal and it was the right choice. They grow super fast though!! My 11 year old looks like a giant holding that thing. She's transitioned up to my T1x and a Lite-Compact T3x .223. The Rascal is still about right for my 9 year old and their younger sister will get plenty of use out of it, too.

For comfort, ease of learning, and safety, the Rascal is tough to beat. And they shoot!!

 

[hodgeman]

CZ Scout is the best built youth 22 on the market...

Old school blued steel and walnut like the rest of their rifles and lacks the distinct "cheapish" feel of most youth rifles.

 

[TheGDog]

CZ 452 American Scout is what I got for my boy. I dig on that thing! Very precise action to it! Now they just have the 455. But I'm pretty sure they are still available in youth length of pull.

 

[bbrown]

Thanks guys! That CZ looks like a nice rifle but for the traditional wood and blued she will get that Remington 581. It’s going to be pretty neat to pass it on the the third generation but not gonna lie I’m going to miss it.

 

[bbrown]

Thanks again for the suggestions on the Rascal. Seems to fit her and she likes shooting it well enough. Only complaint so far is the thumb screw holding the “arm” for peep sight keeps loosening up but nothing that a lil loctite can’t fix.

 

[ryjack70ss]

Great! I just picked up yesterday the rascal fvsr with the threaded barrel. I will give it to him for his 8th birthday in June!


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[TheGDog]

Brings back memories seeing these pics of your little one. BTW, have em shoot at full cans of (cheap) beer! When the erupting foam shoots out you say "Look! It's Peeing!!" and they laugh and laugh!

Also wherever that beer spills on the forest floor... the deer will get very curious about the smell of that spot! For at least a week after, that I've seen with my own two eyes. After I thought about it, it made sense that they'd perhaps be attracted to the yeasty/hoppy smells of it afterward.

 

[Dos Perros]

My 7 y/o loves his Rascal. I like how I can dump him a fist of rounds and just watch him cycle them all through, pretty much keeping my mouth shut except for “take your time, squeeeeeze.”

The trigger is actually pretty damn good. Previous poster is right, the sight gets loose on its own.

 

[Dougosarks]

IMO a good starter gun is the compact Ruger American 22lr. It's shorter and it's fairly lightweight. It's budget friendly and pretty accurate.