Thread: Youth 22

Options for the smaller humans around 5-10y old ?
Someone posted a pic of one a while back and I even went and looked at the same in a shop but now cannot remember what brand it was or what shop
I think it was 400 bucks.... bit of over time at the mo could maybe stretch that far.

Savage rascal?
http://www.shooterssupplies.co.nz/sh...uth+Rifle.html

Originally Posted by BRADS

Savage rascal?
.22 Savage Rascal Youth Rifle Blue

Bingo!

Anything else worth looking at without getting crazy price wise?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Options for the smaller humans around 5-10y old ?
Someone posted a pic of one a while back and I even went and looked at the same in a shop but now cannot remember what brand it was or what shop
I think it was 400 bucks.... bit of over time at the mo could maybe stretch that far.

This one
Savage Arms

my brother has one for his kids (5 and 8 I think) They are impressed with it and so is he he did say they have had misfiring issues but his seems OK

i know someone with a heap of 22 single shots of various ages and conditions. He might part with one cheap (especially since I have just loaned him my SAUM for the weekend)
You want me to ask him

Could cut down a jw15- lop 6 inches off both ends, hey presto cheap yoof gun

Originally Posted by mikee

i know someone with a heap of 22 single shots of various ages and conditions. He might part with one cheap (especially since I have just loaned him my SAUM for the weekend)
You want me to ask him

Sure, but preference is for a specific youth model... or I would rangi my Jw.

Also found them here Savage Arms Youth Rascal 'PINK, BLUE, BLACK, ORANGE, YELLOW, RED' .22 Rifle - @$350

Originally Posted by Tommy

Could cut down a jw15- lop 6 inches off both ends, hey presto cheap yoof gun

The problem is their small hands cannot hold the stock properly and reach the trigger and there small heads mean they are hovering above the stock to see threw the scope. chopping ends will not fix either problem.

I would go for the Marlin XT-22 Youth if you were going t spend ~$400.
My young one started when he was 7 years old with a CZ452 scout, and he is small and the single shots were like a toy for him...
Also they will grow out of it very fast, and not much they can do with it, but these ones can be scoped, and basically used until they are well into the teens... even later...

Marlin Model XT-22YR .22LR Rifle - Rimfire Rifles - Firearms - Hunting

or if you have the $$$
CZ 452 Scout - Ceska Zbrojovka - Manufacturers - Reloaders Supplies Ltd

The rascal can be scoped, not that I would, and is not so small that I couldn't use it effectively myself.
I will probably have a look at the marlin cheers but would need to be able to make it single shot.

I will add that the rascal and marlin are 30 percent more than I payed for my brand new scoped/suppressed jw15 and I got a free gun bag

Thompson centre make a cool kids .22 single shot, I think "mine" was rrp $499

got a rascal for my girl took the rear sight off it as it kept coming loose and put a 4x32 on it you need to use the proper savage bases as other ones foul on the bolt and filing doesn't fix it its been a good little rifle

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

The rascal can be scoped, not that I would, and is not so small that I couldn't use it effectively myself.
I will probably have a look at the marlin cheers but would need to be able to make it single shot.

Surely they will be shooting under your supervision so a mag feed wouldn't be an issue (dad has it is his pocket and loads it 1 round at a time) and maybe an advantage when they get a wee bit bigger?