Cutting down the stock of a cheap 22???

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My youngest daughter(8 years old) has been begging me to buy her her own little rifle that fits her better than our 10/22. We took a look at the Marlin youth model(915Y), which has one of the shortest LOPs I can find. Even the stock on the little Marlin is too long for my daughter.

So what I'd like to know is if anybody has had success cutting down the stock of a cheap 22 so it better fits a little girl. Keep in mind that I don't want to spend $200 plus on a gun only to have to alter it so my daughter can shoot it for a year or two before she outgrows it.

If anybody has any other feedback regarding this issue, feel free to comment.

Paul
 
There are a couple of cheap single shot .22s on sale in the EE. Wood stocks can be cut (shortened) and if need be lengthened by adding a recoil pad . not that it needs the pad but is a method of lengthening the stock while maintaining the great gun looks.
 
If you cut the stock, then you have a full-sized barrel on one side and a shorter and lighter stock on the other; this will be very muzzle-heavy for a small child to hold. Look at the barrel lengths of the factory guns designed for kids. Just pick up a true kid's rifle, and save the other for when they're older.
 
For as young and apparently small as she is I'd have to say go with a youth model and then cut it down from there. Done well it would be a desireable setup rather than a hack job that takes away from the value. The others are correct about the longer barrels being an issue so you'd want to start short to begin with.

You'd need to find someone that can do the wood working for starters. I'd suggest you go for the cut down stock along with spacers that are all set up to pin and screw back on into place so they provide a precise and quality looking fit. Cap each of the end pieces with a nice butt plate and you have a sweet little rifle that she can grow with that has a quality look as though the end caps were intended for this rather than bandaided on. Then once she reaches the height where she can manage the full sized stocks sell off the youth package to someone with a young'un to recoup some of the costs.

Another interesting option would be to get a Ruger Charger and mount that into an aftermarket wood stock that you cut down and make up the end spacers as outlined above. Or possibly mount the Charger action into an aftermarket military style stock that has the adjustable shoulder stock. It would be compact but have some interesting qualities to someone other than kids at the same time.

Just keep in mind that you want to keep the whole thing over the 26 inch minimum length for it to maintain its classification as unrestricted.
 
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ive done and i wouldnt recommend it. the money and time you spend to get it perfect isnt worth it. plus if it has that boltt thaat runs from the rear of the stock to the body your in more trouble. just buy one thats made for small people.
 
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