Hello and welcome from Chicago! My 12 year old daughter wants to start shooting and I plan on starting her on my brand new 2 hour old kadet. Let me know what you figure out please.
Googe1227, this is my own experience (excuse my english): My son begun to shoot carbine 22LR at 8 years (in lying position). I placed the carbine correctly, load rounds, show how to use the telescopic sight, etc. and let him just to pull the trigger. And he was learning, step by step. At 10 begun to shoot a Sig Sauer Mosquito (22LR) and after a few months the CZ Kadet, the first time I load just one round and prepare the gun just to pull the trigger (keeping safety rules every time). Just one round to see how he manages recoil, shot sound, and maybe his fear. Repeating this way many times until I see he could manage more rounds at a time.
My daughter did the same sequence, but carbine at 7 and pistol at 11. She started ?earlier? with carbine by imitation, but she begun ?later? with pistol because she was frightened ?by shot sound?. Well, that was her explanation
, now she wants to shoot pistol all the time.
To conclude: I would prefer to start with carbine (it is easier) and then upload to gun, and . . . kids should want to do it, and they themselves will know when will be ready to face it. Our work (parents) is to take them step by step, stay with them at all times (especially in the case of guns), and teach them safety rules mainly; my kids are very demanding about this. I hope some of my tips will help you.
