Need to buy my son his first shot gun. Any suggestion?

[KillBilly]

I'm looking for something compact. Perferably a 20GA. Anyone outfitted there youth with the perfect all around shot gun?

I have a perfectly good Winchester 12ga. Model 1200, 2 3/4" couple of chokes that I will give to him if it is okay with you. There is a condition however. If it does not work for him, bring it back to this forum so we can pass it on to some youth that can use it. If you can trade it for a better fit for him, good enough.....post pictures of him and his new gun so we can all see a happy new hunter.   Are you interested?

WOW!    Killbilly that is an incredible offer I'm floored and don’t know how to respond. I've got to tell you all I'm a fairly new member to forum and sometime I cant believe the generosity of the folks on here. It says a lot about your character when you offer something like this up.

Please don’t take this the wrong way but there has to be someone less fortunate that you could help get started. I'm not rich and It's not at all that I don’t appreciate the offer but that I would feel guilty excepting something like this. If 12ga pump is the route we go I would be happy to purchase it from you. Asking for suggestions has opened my eyes to many issues in the field. Right now I'm kind of leaning towards a break action single shot.

Thank you again, Gary.

I appreciate what you say but the offer is still open. Free this year, if it doesn't work out then gift it to someone else on the forum.

[KillBilly]

While we are on this topic, If anyone else knows of a Youth that could use this gun, let me know.

[Hunting7mm]

Ok my daughter was 12 when she started shooting my 12 gauge.  She would shoot my 870 supermag. and I would shoot the mossy 835 ultimag, but she would only shoot 2 3/4.  Pumping the gun was a little problem so I bought a stoeger and when she went with me I let her use that.  She loves that gun and she likes to shoot 3" federals.  She will not even think of shooting the hypersonics.  I recently bought a mossy 935 and she refuses to shoot it just because she likes the stoeger.  Go figure!!   

[KillBilly]

Ok, the Winchester Model 1200 will be picked up about 4:00 along with a couple of Ricks closed reed calls to drive the parents batty...

[Fowlweather25]

Thank you so much Al that was very nice of you! I never thought I would meet someone so generous! That cottontail call will drive them nuts! Haha! Hope you enjoy the pepperoni! Give me a call if you ever wanna go cruise around the woods!

[KillBilly]

Thank you so much Al that was very nice of you! I never thought I would meet someone so generous! That cottontail call will drive them nuts! Haha! Hope you enjoy the pepperoni! Give me a call if you ever wanna go cruise around the woods!

It is my  pleasure to help another youth hunter get his own gun to get started. I am confident after meeting you that you will mentor him well and wisely.

I promise you I will enjoy the pepperoni, and I will let you know when I find the other 2 chokes I so conveniently hid from myself...

[Hunting7mm]

Very cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Fowlweather25]

Haha thank you for the good words! I hope you do enjoy it! I look forward to it!

[ANDERWAGON]

  This is awesome, nice work Killbilly! You are the MAN...