My sons (13 and 10) love going shooting with me and spending quality time putting lead downrange. My older son has a .22 Henry lever action that I bought for his 12th birthday. My younger son has an inexpensive pellet/BB gun that he enjoys, but he's definitely getting jealous of big brother.
My younger son often "borrows" the Henry or my CZ .22, not to mention my 1911's and .38. He is making a lot of noise about wanting his own .22 but isn't sure exactly what he wants.
The reason I'm writing all of this here is that he struggles with the length and a little with the weight of the .22 rifles. He's short enough that he has a hard time taking a proper stance with them. OTH I'm not eager to buy a "youth" version that he'll outgrow in a year or two.
I'm therefore thinking about getting him a .22 pistol. Judging by how much he likes blazing away with the .45, I'm pretty sure he'd like that and it would certainly be a lot easier on my wallet -- .45 ACP ain't cheap these days!
I have no idea who makes a decent .22 pistol though. I've never owned one so I don't really have any preferences, though I think semi-auto would probably be a good thing for him. I'd also want something fairly easy for smaller hands to operate and to do maintenance on -- I insist my sons help clean after we've had our fun.
So...does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
My younger son often "borrows" the Henry or my CZ .22, not to mention my 1911's and .38. He is making a lot of noise about wanting his own .22 but isn't sure exactly what he wants.
The reason I'm writing all of this here is that he struggles with the length and a little with the weight of the .22 rifles. He's short enough that he has a hard time taking a proper stance with them. OTH I'm not eager to buy a "youth" version that he'll outgrow in a year or two.
I'm therefore thinking about getting him a .22 pistol. Judging by how much he likes blazing away with the .45, I'm pretty sure he'd like that and it would certainly be a lot easier on my wallet -- .45 ACP ain't cheap these days!
I have no idea who makes a decent .22 pistol though. I've never owned one so I don't really have any preferences, though I think semi-auto would probably be a good thing for him. I'd also want something fairly easy for smaller hands to operate and to do maintenance on -- I insist my sons help clean after we've had our fun.
So...does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.