Does anyone have an idea of an adjustable type stock I could use. My young lad turns 10 this summer, and everything I have is way too long for him. I'm thinking something for a springfield 1903 or a enfield. Might even buy a remington/winchester/savage if I have to to install one.
Adjustable Stocks
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The lee enfield might be a good choice simply because the butt stocks are a seperate component and you can usually find them cheap at the gunshows. Get your son to hold the rifle with the butt on the inside of the elbow joint with his fingers extended alongside the trigger guard. You want to measure your cut so that the first nuckle joint on his index finger will end up in line with the trigger (allow for a recoil pad of some kind). Ten years old is a little young for a high powered rifle (he may develop a permanent flinch). You might be better starting him out with a .22 hornet or a .222 rem. I started my son out with a high powered rifle at 14 so he could shoot a deer and I had the same dilemma with the stock length.
I don't know your kid, but I was big, and a full size battle rifle for a 10 year old sounds over the top. I would go for something simple in a 22, or a ki'ds rifle like those cricket or grasshoppers. I got into position rifle shooting as a big 13 year old and I found the 11 pound rifle a bit of a struggle.
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If caliber is not a question go with the enfield or 1903 as you first thought, when I was in the cadets many years ago enfields was what we used in .22lr converted. Mind you I was thirteen and using .22lrUnforgiven said:
Pepperpopper said:
I agree with Pepper. At 10, he's probably too young to hunt just yet. You want to prepare and season him with a .22 not scare him off, then he'll end up playing with play stations instead of guns. I'd wait for puberty for the bigger guns, then they can knock the zits off of him.
I recently got a collapsible stock for my H&R single shot .17HM2. It's made by ATI, and looks like an AR-15 collapsible stock. It's inexpensive, fairly cheaply made, and probably won't last a lifetime, but it collapses down to a LOP of only 10 inches without the use of tools, then extends back out to about 14 inches with several stops in between. It allows my 8 year old granddaughter to fire this gun quite comfortably. We can take turns shooting, adjusting the stock almost instantly between shots. Absolutely one of the best investments I have made, and shooting it is now her #1 interest when she comes to visit.
Got it at Epps, around 80 bucks IIRC.
John
p.s. Her first three shots out of this gun (after lots of practice with a BB gun) were at a tin can @ 25 yards. Three apparent misses. She was very discouraged. I went out to bring the can in closer, feeling like an idiot for disappointing her. Found a nice triangular 1 inch group dead center. I don't know which of us was more excited. I'm keeping that can forever.
Got it at Epps, around 80 bucks IIRC.
John
p.s. Her first three shots out of this gun (after lots of practice with a BB gun) were at a tin can @ 25 yards. Three apparent misses. She was very discouraged. I went out to bring the can in closer, feeling like an idiot for disappointing her. Found a nice triangular 1 inch group dead center. I don't know which of us was more excited. I'm keeping that can forever.
