Planning to get my kid the Chiappa Little Badger

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I think that is a perfect gun for him to learn and pretty safe for beginners. What kinda range can that gun get? Or should I get him a bolt action 22lr instead? What would the difference in range? I have a Henry Survival myself but I never used it on longer range (like anything over 25 yards) I am a bit worry about handing my kid a semi-auto. Am I worry too much? Btw I heard the Henry Survival has pretty bad accuracy even at 50 yards... Not sure what I can go for. If the Henry is ok for 50 yards may be I can save some money and just let my kid use it? The Henry is my only 22 rifle so I am totally not very experience in this. At the same time I dont' wanna spend too much for my kid's first gun.
 
You might as to also consider a Savage Rascal. I tried to lie the badger (it is what I went to the store to buy), but I couldn't get over how crappy it felt. The Rascal can do some decent groups at 100.
 
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I think that is a perfect gun for him to learn and pretty safe for beginners. What kinda range can that gun get? Or should I get him a bolt action 22lr instead? What would the difference in range? I have a Henry Survival myself but I never used it on longer range (like anything over 25 yards) I am a bit worry about handing my kid a semi-auto. Am I worry too much? Btw I heard the Henry Survival has pretty bad accuracy even at 50 yards... Not sure what I can go for. If the Henry is ok for 50 yards may be I can save some money and just let my kid use it? The Henry is my only 22 rifle so I am totally not very experience in this. At the same time I dont' wanna spend too much for my kid's first gun.
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I would nix the badger in favour of the rascal for the kid. The lever to break the action can be stiff, a little too stiff for young hands. So depending on how young your child is they might not be strong enough to open the action. And because it is a break action a younger kid will have to be watched closely for muzzle control. The barrel is on the short side and a younger kid will have a harder time keeping the muzzle pointed down range while reloading. These are things I noticed from experience, I bought my kid one of these and seen these issues, so I got him a rascal instead. Now that he is older (11) he can use the badger no problem. And I've since bought him one of those Scorpio EM322A as he has outgrown the rascal.
 
If the henry isn't too big, you could start with single rounds in the mag and effectively make it a single shot.

Can't go wrong with a rascal, they are really small compared to most others.

You could also check the EE for a Cooey. If its too long just cut the stock down. Keep the piece you cut off so you can extend the stock as your kid grows.
 
Stuart with the savage Rascal.

I had a little badger, and it's fun, and shoots pretty well, but it fails to eject sometimes, and isn't a nice to shoot well as the Savage.
 
Savage Rascal. Dug deep in the PhotoBucket to find this photo. :)

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The badger has a great trigger.... But can have issues as well.

Get the rascal


The other issue is that break action guns can discharge a rimfire if you close them with debris in the action.... I had this happen with my little badger during a "torture test" of sorts in water and granular stone/sand.

Scared the crap out of me.
 
I have the lil badger and it's good for kids but it's not ideal. I'm not a fan of manual hammers and kids. Fingers slip.

If you want a kids rifle, get a rascal.

If you want a survival rifle that your kids can use, get a lil badger.

I like and own cooeys but I don't find them to be kids rifles. I had a youth stock single shot (39 I think) but the bolt didn't #### on close, required manually pulling it back. My kids struggled with that.
 
My son started on a badger at age 7. Took him several range trips before he was comfortable with doing everything himself. But it taught him to take things slow, be repetitive and consistent and make everything count. After a few months he could handle everything. I recommend it as a great trainer for safety and teaching firearms function.
 
I'd look for a rascal or a used Cooey of the many sorts (price is usually really good). I have a Badger it's sweet, very accurate out to 50 yds, but fit and feel are truly brutal, especially for teaching good shooting form.
 
the wood stocked badger is pretty nice vs the wire one, but the savage is almost the perfect first gun design.
I don't like the plastic sights on the badger. That level of extreme cost cutting is a huge red flag.

Length of pull on the badger is longer, so for a little guy, go with the rascal and peep sights.
 
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