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<blockquote data-quote="The Oregonian" data-source="post: 1482993" data-attributes="member: 51405"><p>My son just turned 9 a few weeks ago and he shot a centerfire for the first time this summer. He is using a braked 6.5cr with a shorter LOP, 24" barrel. I used earplugs and electronic muffs, and told him it would kick and shoved his shoulder a few times to let him know what it would feel like -not a perfect representation by any means but I didn't want him to react negatively on the first shot.</p><p></p><p>The first day he was nailing the 100and was shooting 1MOA groups. I was shooting longer range and he wanted to, so I let him go out to 200, 300, then 500. He did well at all ranges. Hitting steel was fun for him bc he could see it and hear it. I checked a couple of times for recoil by not loading a cartridge and he wasn't flinching at all. This was with a bipod and rear sand bag.</p><p></p><p>Keep it fun, and use tons of ear protection...the blast can be worse than the recoil.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Oregonian, post: 1482993, member: 51405"] My son just turned 9 a few weeks ago and he shot a centerfire for the first time this summer. He is using a braked 6.5cr with a shorter LOP, 24” barrel. I used earplugs and electronic muffs, and told him it would kick and shoved his shoulder a few times to let him know what it would feel like -not a perfect representation by any means but I didn’t want him to react negatively on the first shot. The first day he was nailing the 100and was shooting 1MOA groups. I was shooting longer range and he wanted to, so I let him go out to 200, 300, then 500. He did well at all ranges. Hitting steel was fun for him bc he could see it and hear it. I checked a couple of times for recoil by not loading a cartridge and he wasn’t flinching at all. This was with a bipod and rear sand bag. Keep it fun, and use tons of ear protection...the blast can be worse than the recoil. [/QUOTE]
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