First riffle recommendations for my 6 year old

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Hello all. I’m wondering about your opinions on small youth riffles. I’m only familiar with the savage Racal and the Crickett “my first rifle”.

I like the savage Rascal for the simplicity of having a bolt that cocks the firing pin over the Crickett where you need to #### the firing pin as a second step. I really like that the Crickett comes in a nice laminate stock over a plastic stock.

I have already bought the Rascal as I got a good deal on a couple of them when wholesale closed down but my son saw the Crickett in a store the other day and really likes the stock too. I will likely end up buy it too.

Either way I would like to hear some other people’s opinions on these two riffles and any other suggestion I should also look at.

Regards
 
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I have a rascal for my daughters(7 and 5) and it’s great. They can load it easily and they love the size and weight and the fact it’s pink. I use cci quiet and it’s got no recoil and no sound.

No experience with the cricket
 
Cooey Canuck . Worked for both my daughters . How Canadian can you get ?

BTW ,,,,,,,,, First Ever , All Cooey Gun Show in Canada is on July - 7 , just west of the old plant
in Cobourg . Hosted by the Northumberland Pistol & Revolver Club .You may find a Canuck there
for sale ?
More info. ; Marc Guitard < marcetmel@me.com >
 
Chiappa Little Badger. Different looking kinda gun. Nice and small, lightweight, can be kept for teh future as a backpack gun, or even 'dad' can use it also...
 
I started my boys off with a Savage Rascal and that little rifle is pretty darn accurate. Eventually added a red dot, they loved that addition. Now they have a CZ Scout (one is 7 and the other 9) with a scope and they are excited at how accurate of shooters they have become.
 
Picked up a Chipmunk for my grandkids last weekend at a gunshow. Quality seems good. Trigger isn't fabulous but its useable. Nice laminate stock and peep sites. We'll see soon how the kids like it.
 
If you can find a CZ scout they tend to shoot quite well. Costs a fair bit more than a rascal but it is a better quality gun and comes with a single shot adaptor.
The rascal was fun to shoot and it was surprisingly accurate for what it was. Never handled the Cricket before.

My friend got the rascal for his step daughter and he added a bipod to it.
She could stand at the table or sit and she didn't have to hold it up. She had way more fun actually hitting what she was shooting at and muzzle direction wasn't an issue because the rule was the bipod stayed on the table at all times.
 
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Zedbra said:
I started my boys off with a Savage Rascal and that little rifle is pretty darn accurate. Eventually added a red dot, they loved that addition. Now they have a CZ Scout (one is 7 and the other 9) with a scope and they are excited at how accurate of shooters they have become.
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What was the red dot you opted for? I gave him the savage this weekend and he has no problems operating it. I may still get a cricket for him too. His aim needs work but he was able to hit paper at 25m.
 
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If you can find a CZ scout they tend to shoot quite well. Costs a fair bit more than a rascal but it is a better quality gun and comes with a single shot adaptor.
The rascal was fun to shoot and it was surprisingly accurate for what it was. Never handled the Cricket before.

My friend got the rascal for his step daughter and he added a bipod to it.
She could stand at the table or sit and she didn't have to hold it up. She had way more fun actually hitting what she was shooting at and muzzle direction wasn't an issue because the rule was the bipod stayed on the table at all times.
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This is all good and really safe too, Thumbs up.
I started on an Eatonia Model 39 and a Cooey.
The Cooey was possibly the same model but I can not remember.
I am going to try to locate that .22, as It was my first.
 
I started off on a cooey ace. Soon after my dad purchased a winchester repeater. If it was me, I would get something they can keep and cherish the rest of their lives and hand down to their kids. I wouldnt get something they will outgrow or is cheesy or unsentimental. Think of a rifle you would have propped on a tree everytime you go camping for general entertainment plinking. I would get a nice blued steel, wood stock cooey or winchester bolt, pump or lever action repeater.
 
We use Savage Rascals for the smaller youth shooters at Project Mapleseed. It is a great lightweight rifle for them to handle and learn with as the stock has sling mounts that can be used for sling shooting or bipod attachment. We mounted Simmons .22 4x scopes on them to keep the weight down. Just add some vet wrap and foam padding to build up the stock for a proper cheek weld and you are good to go!
 
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