Thread: A singleshot.22 to fit the boy

I've built a few kids sized rifles over the years, both my boys learnt to shoot with a single shot Remington cut down to 770mm. As they got older I gave it away to some young fella. And since then I've done 4 or 5, all eventually given away. Last year I figured I needed another as the grandkids are starting to get big enough. Its important with kids that the rifle is kids size. Obviously the butt needs to be shortened, but I also move the pistol grip forward and trim it down so little fingers can use the trigger correctly. And I trim the stock and barrel length to just over legal length. I dont worry too much about having to replace the bit I cut off the butt. For the smaller kids I leave the butt without a butt pad, then as they grow I add a butt pad. For bigger kids I use a slip on pad to add another 25mm if needed. And I scope them as I get frustrated trying to teach little ones how to effectively use irons. hopefully I can add a couple of pic's here to show the latest off. Thats my grandson with the hare, shot on his second day of ever using a rifle. We went through a couple of boxes of ammo on the range and he was able to hold a 50mm group at 50 metres with 10 shots. On the second day the hare showed up and he shot it at 70 metres leaning over a strainer assembly, smack in the chest, it just rolled over and never moved. the other young fella is using the same rifle and shot off about 30 rounds, using a 20lt container as a target. He hit it and was so excited. The day before he watched his Dad shoot his very first deer, so was an exciting weekend.

And I was able to post the pic's but the 'puter tipped one on the side - dont know how to fix that.