Well, my kids have their own guns in the sense that when we head out, some of mine or mom's or grandpa's are dedicated for their use. The 8 year old has a cricket that she's had for 2 years, the 12 year heavily borrows our stuff (getting a 6.5 c built this summer) and either mom's 20 GA or grandpa's 10/22 goes with her for small stuff, the ten year old liked our .223 except for it being a single shot and wants to shoot at the ranges I do with our current 6mm and 7mm rifles so he wound up with an axis ii Boyds at 1 thumb hole under the tree in .22-250 this year, it was cold yesterday but the groups are already promising, now we just need a better scope by his birthday lol!