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Offline n_mathews13

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.22 Rascal for kid?
« on: February 23, 2019, 10:21:26 PM »
Thinking about getting 7 year old one. Any input? 

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Re: .22 Rascal for kid?
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2019, 10:28:52 PM »
No experience with the rascal, but my girls started shooting their chipmunk at age 7.  Very accurate and safe rifle.  They can shoot a 2" steel spinner over and over and over at 40yds with the peep sight.

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Re: .22 Rascal for kid?
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2019, 10:54:53 PM »
My kids used a rascal.

No issues.   Lots of fun.
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Re: .22 Rascal for kid?
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2019, 12:02:49 AM »
Got two of them. Kids love to shoot them and they shoot surprisingly  straight.

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Re: .22 Rascal for kid?
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2019, 06:40:48 AM »
No experience with the rascal, but my girls started shooting their chipmunk at age 7.  Very accurate and safe rifle.  They can shoot a 2" steel spinner over and over and over at 40yds with the peep sight.
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Re: .22 Rascal for kid?
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2019, 11:56:37 AM »
No rascal, but I had a chipmunk for my kids too. Started them off with subsonics and a red dot sight when they were 3 and 5. Those little 22s make great truck guns too since they’re so small.  :tup:

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Re: .22 Rascal for kid?
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2019, 03:29:42 PM »
My kid has one. Good gun. Sights are good as is the trigger.

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Re: .22 Rascal for kid?
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2019, 03:37:02 PM »
No rascal, but I had a chipmunk for my kids too. Started them off with subsonics and a red dot sight when they were 3 and 5. Those little 22s make great truck guns too since they’re so small.  :tup:

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Re: .22 Rascal for kid?
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2019, 05:28:36 PM »
No Rascal experience.

I reviewed the Henry mini-bolt youth, here.

The fiber optic sights made sight picture teaching a breeze.

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,225748.0.html
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Re: .22 Rascal for kid?
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2019, 07:29:24 PM »
I bought two of them Rascles from the Fred Myers stote in snohomish for my grandsons two years ago 5 &6 years old. Very accurate with the factory peep sight. They love them and i admit i like shooting them myself.
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Re: .22 Rascal for kid?
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2019, 12:49:15 PM »
I chose the CZ Scout based on my experience with other CZs.
The accuracy is amazing, better iron sights than what I saw on other youth rifles, and trigger upgrades are simple.
I can switch it to an adult stock and have a fantastic 16” rifle.
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Re: .22 Rascal for kid?
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2019, 02:12:30 PM »
Make sure they can be loaded easily by little fingers. I bought a little kid's Henry single shot bolt that was hard to load as the shells had to be pushed into the chamber... no loading ramp.

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Re: .22 Rascal for kid?
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2019, 02:37:34 PM »
Id go right for the 10/22. it will last them longer. that was my first gun when I was about 7 and I still have it.
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Re: .22 Rascal for kid?
« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2019, 03:20:19 PM »
Id go right for the 10/22. it will last them longer. that was my first gun when I was about 7 and I still have it.
When I let my kids shoot the 10/22's, my fingers hurt for a few days!

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Re: .22 Rascal for kid?
« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2019, 06:55:49 PM »
Id go right for the 10/22. it will last them longer. that was my first gun when I was about 7 and I still have it.
When I let my kids shoot the 10/22's, my fingers hurt for a few days!

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