Dusty3030:
What kind of gun did your boy take that with? I have a nine year old that wants to hunt, but I'm not sure what to start him off with -- don't want him to become gun shy!
I debated and reckoned on it and I came up with AR 15 in .223.
That one is a regular old Bushmaster carbine, flat top reciever. Regular handguards etc, nothing special.
I put in a Rock River two stage trigger to get the trigger pull manageable, but still easy to train with. Light intial takeup, then keep squeezing and trigger breaks. Stock AR trigger stinks trying to teach them to shoot straight.
I put an Eotech red dot sight on it. Any red dot sight would work, that is just what I already had.
I put a Linear Compensator on it, not a neccessity, but it directs the noise and concussion straight out of the front of the muzzle, really helps inside a shooting house or ground blind.
We used Federal Fusion 62 grain deer load. Two deer shot, two dropped in tracks so far so good. One bullet recovered and it fully expanded and held intact.
Zeroed rifle at 50 and practiced out to 75 yds. I will not let him shoot at one past 50 yds.
Intial training, I put a regular pistol laser sight on the a rail on the gas block on the rifle. I turned the red dot sight off. We put a full size deer picture target up and with no rounds practiced where to put the dot. From his point of view looking through the red dot sight (turned off) all he sees is the same red dot he would see with the sight turned on; however, I could stand behind him and see where he was aiming. Because of this I was confident in his ability to line up his shots.
That is about it, he proved he could shoot it and I let him try and we got venison in the freezer!
