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<blockquote data-quote="preventec47" data-source="post: 1641253" data-attributes="member: 22159"><p>Every parent that leapfrogs all the normal entry level progressions and starts with hi power at a young age is guaranteed to kill the childs interest in the activity at a later age. Why ? Because in everything that we do we become complacent and bored with things that we do frequently. If there isn't a "next level" to lure, excite an move up to</p><p>it will become boring. For a young kid a hi powered rifle will be no more exciting than a pellet or BB gun. In fact the amount of plinking available with a smaller gun with cheap ammo will allow for a hell of a lot more shooting enjoyment. From there, there will be multiple levels of increase as the kid grows. For an 8 or 10 year old with a 243, there is no "next step". He's maxed out from the start and will be done with shooting in a few years. I realize that nothing in this thread has prohibited involvement in many levels of performance at the same time such that most of the shooting could be pellet gun or rimfire with the centerfire only used for big game hunting and that could be ok.... So long as the 10/12 year old is</p><p>positively and closely supervised during hunting activities. I am not thrilled about the prospect of walking through any woods knowing there are 10 year olds out there with 243 rifles wanting</p><p>to shoot something. Anyone want to get on a road that has 10 year old kids driving around ? Same thing with rifles except that the rifles are many times more lethal. Any adult that would send a kid into the woods to hunt without close ( fifteen feet ) supervision should go to prison for minimum of one year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="preventec47, post: 1641253, member: 22159"] Every parent that leapfrogs all the normal entry level progressions and starts with hi power at a young age is guaranteed to kill the childs interest in the activity at a later age. Why ? Because in everything that we do we become complacent and bored with things that we do frequently. If there isn't a "next level" to lure, excite an move up to it will become boring. For a young kid a hi powered rifle will be no more exciting than a pellet or BB gun. In fact the amount of plinking available with a smaller gun with cheap ammo will allow for a hell of a lot more shooting enjoyment. From there, there will be multiple levels of increase as the kid grows. For an 8 or 10 year old with a 243, there is no "next step". He's maxed out from the start and will be done with shooting in a few years. I realize that nothing in this thread has prohibited involvement in many levels of performance at the same time such that most of the shooting could be pellet gun or rimfire with the centerfire only used for big game hunting and that could be ok.... So long as the 10/12 year old is positively and closely supervised during hunting activities. I am not thrilled about the prospect of walking through any woods knowing there are 10 year olds out there with 243 rifles wanting to shoot something. Anyone want to get on a road that has 10 year old kids driving around ? Same thing with rifles except that the rifles are many times more lethal. Any adult that would send a kid into the woods to hunt without close ( fifteen feet ) supervision should go to prison for minimum of one year. [/QUOTE]
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