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Knives and guns for your kids

messer454

messer454

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Does anyone else find that when they go to a gun show, or to a knife show that they are spending half as much time looking for stuff for their kids? Perhaps I have just gotten to that stage in my life. I have two daughters and they both like knives, throwing tomahawks , and guns. Up until recently that meant that they had to be girlie colored too (I have two pink Ruger compact 10/22s in my safe) but my oldest has started liking green and camo so that is slowing down. I will post some pics tonight, just wondering if anyone else is in that boat. I thought about it because I put in an order yesterday and threw in a BK14 for my oldest.
 
I have no idea what you are talking about.

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They like purple and blue. Pink too, but mostly purple and blue.

My oldest Shyann gets a 22lr Cricket or 10/22 this birthday, in June.

My youngest, Sierra, gets an ESEE Candiru.

Moose
 
Absolutely. When I'm looking at shows or just shopping for new stuff in general, I'm always thinking about if the whole family can use it or if there's a kid's version I can find for my son. I'm currently looking for a 22 rifle for him, so he can start learning with it this summer.
 
mrn8 said:
Absolutely. When I'm looking at shows or just shopping for new stuff in general, I'm always thinking about if the whole family can use it or if there's a kid's version I can find for my son. I'm currently looking for a 22 rifle for him, so he can start learning with it this summer.
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Can't go wrong with a Cricket, and a BK11.

I like the Crickets, as they are just like the old Stevens rifles, you have a bolt action, single load, with a pull back firing pin, and double safety. It helps them learn the mechanism and what it takes to fire a round off.

I started my girls out on Red Ryders, and progressed my oldest to my HP breaktop pellet rifle. So far, its blacked both their eyes once, and that taught them not to creep up on that scope. So far so good.

She raises up too fast after the shot here, but she hit what she was aiming at, so, can't complain too much. She's got all the safety basics covered, basic sight alignment/trigger squeeze covered, and has now progressed into shooting on the move. I set up courses of cans in the yard for them to walk and shoot. Last time they were running between the stations. :D

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Moose
 
rustyshackelford said:
Safety glasses you guys! Come on!!!
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Yeah, well, there's that.

Funny thing, I think back to my childhodd, we never wore safety glasses or hearing protection, and I don't wear them when I go hunting. I wear them at the range, prolly because the make us. :D

You're not the first one to call me on that.

Moose
 
My kid likes safety glasses, since he's seen Top Shot, but I probably wouldn't make him wear them with a single-shot 22lr. Hearing protection, yes, I know now that all those years of not wearing hearing protection have me set up to be a loud old man. :D
 
mrn8 said:
My kid likes safety glasses, since he's seen Top Shot, but I probably wouldn't make him wear them with a single-shot 22lr. Hearing protection, yes, I know now that all those years of not wearing hearing protection have me set up to be a loud old man. :D
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YEAH, I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. I HAVE HEARING PROBLEMS AS WELL.

:D

I agree that safety glasses and hearing protection is a MUST. But pellet rifles in the backyard isn't one of them. Thats my opinion.

When we switch to the single shot 22, she's got Rx Specs that she wears when she plays sports, and they are rated safety glasses.

Moose
 
I am always on the look out for stuff for my daughter and son. She's 4 and he's only 9 and a half months so I have a little time. Plus we are in the concrete jungle so I am limited at the moment as to what I can acquire but, I am going to be changing all of that ASAP.. She keeps telling me she can't wait for me to take her hunting and she already wants her gun to be pink:D
 
Well my kids are all adults now. When my youngest was 4 I bought a Ruger Single six so that she could shoot a handgun. She always liked the 10/22 and even won a couple of youth competitions with it. She got away from shooting for a while. She is in college and her boy friend hunts and shoots so when she was home this weekend she was talking about wanting to go shooting.
 
My oldest wanted to hunt this year so I got her a Mossberg 510 Mini 20 gauge. It works real well for her. I reload everything so I was able to reload some 20 ga shells with the power of 28 ga. She really want to hunt pheasants next year.

The only think I never liked about the .22 Cricket was having to put the round physically inside the chamber. It always seemed like you should just be able to drop it into the chamber and close. My daughter is right handed but left eye dominant so she shoots left handed. It causes some manipulation problems for her.
 
messer454 said:
My oldest wanted to hunt this year so I got her a Mossberg 510 Mini 20 gauge. It works real well for her. I reload everything so I was able to reload some 20 ga shells with the power of 28 ga. She really want to hunt pheasants next year.

The only think I never liked about the .22 Cricket was having to put the round physically inside the chamber. It always seemed like you should just be able to drop it into the chamber and close. My daughter is right handed but left eye dominant so she shoots left handed. It causes some manipulation problems for her.
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Man, Left Eye dominant, and right handed, that hard to overcome, with the limited offerings of most firearms.

I love pheasant hunting, or just about any field hunting. What a rush when the grass explodes and you get to shoot the flying debris. :D

Moose
 
Moosez45 said:
I agree that safety glasses and hearing protection is a MUST. But pellet rifles in the backyard isn't one of them. Thats my opinion.

Moose
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An air rifle in the backyard is exactly how I ended up in the hospital with a BB embedded in my face less than an inch from my eyeball. Your guy's kids can't make these decisions for themselves, they rely on you guys to do it for them.

As for the original post... My little dude just turned 1 and I have some knives and firearms set aside for him already. He probably has a nicer collection than some of my friends do!
 
Yep I'm the same way, well with a twist. My girls generally just claim what they want when I get something new that I really want for myself I have to put up a fight with them. They are almost grown though now. The oldest started shooting when she was 7 or 8 I taught her with a ruger vaquero 45lc with light loads. She got her own set of pistols ruger blackhawks in 357 and a marlin 1894 in 357 plus a original winchester 1897 take down 12gauge shotgun. Now she always wants guns or knives for christmas and birthdays. The younger has her own guns and knives too, she just isn't into them as much as the older girl. Now I am having to get the oldest a small gun safe for her next birthday.

The oldest is going off to college next year on a Army Rotc scholarship to be a nurse. The youngest a couple of years after that, no telling what major yet though.

Kids are a lot lot of fun, its been one of the few things thats kept me sane having them around to teach.

cricket
 
Moosez45 said:
Man, Left Eye dominant, and right handed, that hard to overcome, with the limited offerings of most firearms.
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Amen, brother. That's me. I've gotten to where I just try to shoot everything right-handed now, despite the left-eye dominance. Makes it easier to find gear (and resell it, when the time comes).
 
flivver said:
Amen, brother. That's me. I've gotten to where I just try to shoot everything right-handed now, despite the left-eye dominance. Makes it easier to find gear (and resell it, when the time comes).
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Yeah, that's me too. With handguns, I just shoot right handed with both eyes open. The AR has an EOtech on it, so that's both eyes open, but the hunting rifle is sighted in with the right eye. I'm not sure if that causes a problem with someone who is right eye dominant and would shoot it, but it works for me.

I've been teaching my son (6) sight picture on peep sights and handgun sights and he's getting the hang of keeping both eyes open. I haven't figured out which side is dominant for him yet, but I firmly believe if you can keep both eyes open while you shoot, both you and everyone around you will be safer.
 
I am teaching her to shoot rifle and shotgun left handed. Eye dominance does not matter with a handgun imo.
 
eye dominance. what a myth. puny hoomons. it's the 21st century, learn to use all your tools. both eyes. left and right alone and together. both hands. learn to shoot without using your hands. pretend you are injured. shoot while doing handstands. get creative. it could save your life :)
 
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