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Rimfire and Airguns
best starter rifle for a 7yr old,
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<blockquote data-quote="milanuk" data-source="post: 291338" data-attributes="member: 376"><p>I got my then-9yr old step-daughter a Cricket rifle first... I was not impressed, to say the least. Besides generally cheap construction, the gun had *no* feed ramp - you have to stick the loaded round right into the chamber. This makes life interesting a couple ways - adults who have the eye hand coordination to do this generally can't fit their fingers in the tiny loading/ejection port with enough room to do the operation, and kids (who do have small enough fingers) generally don't have the eye-hand skills yet to make the operation very easy either.</p><p></p><p>Since *someone* always wants to buy a Cricket for their kid, I traded it to the local gun store for a Marlin 15Y. Essentially the same thing - a single shot kid-sized .22LR bolt gun, it had a *much* higher level of fit & finish, sights, and a feed ramp. All you have to do is drop the round on top and close the bolt. </p><p></p><p>In short, a much nicer rifle for not much more $$$.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milanuk, post: 291338, member: 376"] I got my then-9yr old step-daughter a Cricket rifle first... I was not impressed, to say the least. Besides generally cheap construction, the gun had *no* feed ramp - you have to stick the loaded round right into the chamber. This makes life interesting a couple ways - adults who have the eye hand coordination to do this generally can't fit their fingers in the tiny loading/ejection port with enough room to do the operation, and kids (who do have small enough fingers) generally don't have the eye-hand skills yet to make the operation very easy either. Since *someone* always wants to buy a Cricket for their kid, I traded it to the local gun store for a Marlin 15Y. Essentially the same thing - a single shot kid-sized .22LR bolt gun, it had a *much* higher level of fit & finish, sights, and a feed ramp. All you have to do is drop the round on top and close the bolt. In short, a much nicer rifle for not much more $$$. [/QUOTE]
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