.22 Rascal for kid?

[n_mathews13]

Thinking about getting 7 year old one. Any input? 

[fowl smacker]

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.

[Dan-o]

My kids used a rascal.

No issues.   Lots of fun.

[medic6]

Got two of them. Kids love to shoot them and they shoot surprisingly  straight.

[huntnfmly]

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.

Same

[yorketransport]

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. 

[satchel3006]

My kid has one. Good gun. Sights are good as is the trigger.

[Dan-o]

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. 

@yorketransport

I was concerned to see you enter this thread.

I thought for sure you were going to recommend a Cheytac.

[Fl0und3rz]

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

[HighlandLofts]

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.
Walmart has 500 packs of remington thunderbolts for $14.58n just over &16 with tax.

I buy one sometimes two packs of them a week.

[thinkingman]

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.

[lokidog]

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.

[Mongo Hunter]

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.

[fowl smacker]

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!

[n_mathews13]

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!

Why?

[Atroxus]

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!

Why?

Probably from loading the magazine.

[fowl smacker]

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!

Why?

Probably from loading the magazine.

Exactly!  With both of them shooting, that's all I'm doing.

[jasnt]

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!

Why?

Probably from loading the magazine.

Exactly!  With both of them shooting, that's all I'm doing.

i can relate to this.  Kids can blow through a brick faster than a bag of candy

[Fl0und3rz]

Exactly!  With both of them shooting, that's all I'm doing.

A mag loader will save your fingers, but not your wallet.

[HighlandLofts]

Walmart
Remington thundetbolts 500 loose pack $14.58 & tax.

[carpsniperg2]

Brings back good memories with my dad. He learned the old if your going to shoot it you load the magazines trick lol. Me and my brother would keep empty mags always in his hands lol. Then we bought a loader and he was like what the heck! Lol

[n_mathews13]

I kind of like the thought of one round at a time, for now. Then I’m fine with getting another gun

[Gun smoke]

I my opinion the rascal is awesome , the best feature is that the bolt cocks the action unlike the cricket and some others . The other style on those little guns is the bolt just opens action to insert shell, then have to cock straight back by hand,  that extra step  seemed a little hard for kids . Rascal accu type trigger is nice for teaching new shooters the squeeze not pull yank concept and they are very accurate to boot !

[yorketransport]

I my opinion the rascal is awesome , the best feature is that the bolt cocks the action unlike the cricket and some others . The other style on those little guns is the bolt just opens action to insert shell, then have to cock straight back by hand,  that extra step  seemed a little hard for kids . Rascal accu type trigger is nice for teaching new shooters the squeeze not pull yank concept and they are very accurate to boot !

That's a really good point, cocking the bolt on the Cricket is pretty tough for young kids.

[n_mathews13]

So has anybody put a red dot scope on a rascal or cricket?
I was thinking even no magnification, just that dot might help

[yorketransport]

So has anybody put a red dot scope on a rascal or cricket?
I was thinking even no magnification, just that dot might help

That's what I did for my kids to start. I just picked up a cheap $40 red dot and it worked really well. Having a really simple red dot helped them focus on good safety and fundamentals first while still allowing them to make more hits. Once they got the hang of the handling the gun I started working on proper sight alignment with irons, then later on with a scope.

[Iveexcaped3]

I learned on a Rossi match gun with a 410, still have it too. Single shot break action. Cool little guns actually
https://www.rossiusa.com/product-list.cfm?category=3

[n_mathews13]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj3yezk7_DgAhUOG3wKHcuHBhsQjhx6BAgBEAI&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunsamerica.com%2F962500917%2FSnake-Charmer-410-Single-Shot-Shotgu.htm&psig=AOvVaw0X6Gc7utrZZSexRWr7d1Sv&ust=1552077036961706

Have one of these at dads that I forgot about