Youth 22's suggestions, specials or rebates?

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Looking for a youth (compact or bantam) 22lr rifle to buy. My boys are 9 and 6, and the nine year old has tried the 795 which is a little too long LOP. Ideally I want something that is compatible with aperture sights. Also where to buy; sales or rebates? Thanks!
 
CZ Scout. My 6 and 9 year olds love shooting ours. They have the added benefits of being high quality firearms, and as accurate as the fullsize CZs.
 
I taught my kids on a Marlin 15Y, aka Lil Buckaroo. Nice single shot, VERY accurate with open sights, and easy to monitor from a safety perspective. Once the got older, they moved on up to marlin 60 and Ruger 10/22
 
Savage Rascals are what my boys learned on. Teaching shooting sports to youngsters, I have found that the peep sight goes a long way in helping learn to shoot. The Rascal is fairly inexpensive to get into and built for a youngster. They will outgrow it, but it is the right size tool for them to learn on.
 
Compact 10/22. I teach a lot of kids that age with them. Or get a regular 10/22 and spare used stock and cut the stock down. I have three of four used wood 10/22 stocks I've cut to various lengths for smaller people to use. Easy to swap out. The thing about the 10/22 is that you can make it into anything you want, hence they will never outgrow it.

One last suggestion is the 50th Anniversary Contest Winning 10/22. It has a modular stock that can be swapped long or short, high or low, peep sights, sling swivels and flash hider that protects the muzzle in case it gets dipped into dirt, snow etc etc.
 
Another vote for the CZ Scout which will also be future compatible with 5 and 10-round magazines.

The Rascal is an excellent kid's rifle but there's nowhere to go from there. Savage's older (now discontinued) Cub was even better IMO but the included peep sight was too low for use even by my then 9 year old (thumbhole stock, the standard model may have worked fine).

Had I purchased my CZ sooner all 3 of my children would be shooting CZ Scouts. As it is, the youngest will be the lucky one, though I intend to gift my own 452 to my daughter once she grows in to it.
 
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If you are budget minded,,,

If you are budget minded,,,
There's always the Cricket rifle.

This is a very basic .22 single-shot with a peep sight,,,
I bought a used one last year to have around for my friends kids.

It will cut a dime sized hole at 25 yards,,,
Minute of clay pigeon at 50 yards.

The Savage rascal has a nicer trigger but not that much better for the money,,,
The Henry Mini-Bolt also has a better trigger but is way more expensive,,,
Mossberg makes a good rifle called the 801 Half-Pint that is very nice,,,
But the CZ Scout is the only one I feel is worth the money difference.

I have started several kids out on the Cricket,,,
It works just fine every time.

Aarond

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Palmetto has the S&W M&P 15/22 on sale right now for $299. It has a collapsible stock that could be set to accomodate most young'uns. I know a couple guys with kids who have those, and they like them. The fact that it's cool lookin' helps too!
Here is a link to the deal. It's by far the cheapest I've seen those:http://palmettostatearmory.com/inde...flash-hider-and-collapsible-stock-811033.html

Also, you really should bring those boys to an Appleseed. We are all over the country, and we hold weekend marksmanship clinics where we teach the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship from field positions, and some Revolutionary War history about where our country's heritage of marksmanship came from. Only $60 for you, and reduced rates for the youngsters. We shoot mostly at 25m, so a .22 works well. We have loaners available too. Check us out: www.appleseedinfo.org
 
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Thanks for the suggestions. And thanks for the appleseed info. I think we will do that. As an update to this thread I have purchased a Mossberg 702 bantam 22 long rifle, along with a set of tech sights.
 
... As an update to this thread I have purchased a Mossberg 702 bantam 22 long rifle, along with a set of tech sights.
Sounds like fun times ahead but.... I hope you have plenty of ammo. :D When my now-9-year-old was about 7 and first started shooting we took my old 1966 model 10/22 and our CZ 452 FS on a trip to the family's farm for a few days. He fired about 900 rounds during that outing, must have been 750 of them through the 10/22 about as fast as I could reload it. Since then we've concentrated on the bolt actions and the ammo supply is much the better for it. ;)
 
I dont have plenty of ammo but I am picking up 975 rds of Fed. Auto match, dont ask me about the price. The kid likes to shoot so we are going with it.
 
Auto-match is one of the better grouping budget ammo in my CZ's. Gladly, I stocked up a couple of years ago.
 
I like the looks of the CZ and compact ruger american. Might have to try one of those next.
So this will be 3 22's for us the other two being a 795 and a Kel Tec SU22.
22's are addicting.
But the Mossberg will be his first.
 
If anyone is still looking for a good inexpensive 10-yr-old & under rifle; I agree with Skylerbone that the Savage Cub is ideal. In the past 4 summers I've taught about a hundred kids to shoot with Savage Cub rifles equipped with red dot sights. The Cub is a bigger gun than the Rascal and with a thumbhole stock and Savage's trigger it is a great gun for beginners. Used ones are still out there.
 
Bought my daughter a little Thompson Center single shot a few years ago. Very solid. I've actually killed more yard varmints with that gun than any other I own. Pretty sure it's mine now.
 
The Mossberg 702 bantam stock rifle is here. Have not shot it yet but I have taken it down for cleaning. Must say I am impressed. With the tech sights on top this is a very sweet little youth rifle. It has a manual bolt hold open as well as a last shot hold open. For a budget youth model this one looks good.
 
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