track, you need to do some due diligence on this one.
I'm not dissing you or your intent by any means.
I've helped young shooters get their first firearm for plinking/target shooting/hunting quite often.
The first time I did it, I didn't assess the situation as well as I should have.
I went through the rituals required at the time, where a PAL had to be shown, but no verification back then.
I spoke with both parents before approaching the teen, who was a young lady about 16 years old, who was obviously into shooting and hunting, but very limited budget wise, as were her parents.
Everyone was happy with her getting the rifle, a model 94, 30-30, which was mechanically sound, great bore, but needed some TLC, such as some BLO on the stock and maybe a bit of blue touch up, with cold blue.
I gave her the rifle with a couple of boxes of ammo and told her to keep the cases so she could reload them.
I didn't see her or any of her family again until after hunting season was over.
I asked her if she had taken a Deer with her rifle, and she told me she hadn't, then left without saying anything else.
I found out a few months later that her father sold the rifle a week after she got it.
I spoke to the father about it, and he had all sorts of excuses, none of them real.
I won't go into what he did with the money, other than it involved passing out for a day afterwards.
Be careful is all I'm saying.
In the case I just mentioned, a good intention just turned into grief and abuse for the individual I was hoping to help.
