I have five boys, ages 11, 9, 7, 5 and 3. I want to purchase a shotgun for them to use as they grow up. I have a 12-gauge and would like to get the same for the boys. Can you tell me what to look for in a youth-model gun? I imagine things such as weight are important. This will be mostly for trap shooting. -Gary Vawdrey, Highland, UT
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I have five boys, ages 11, 9, 7, 5 and 3. I want to purchase a shotgun for them to use as they grow up. I have a 12-gauge and wo
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A With five sons, it appears you're raising your own trap-shooting squad. You don't mention your financial means, but I'm going to assume that you'd like to get all of your boys into shooting with minimal financial stress.
Having said that, the bad news is that you're going to have trouble trying to get along with fewer than three shotguns. The problem isn't just having shotguns with reduced stock lengths to fit shorter arms, but being able to change the length of pull as the boys grow. There are a number of ways to do this; one is simply to start out with a youth-dimension shotgun and add spacers between the stock and buttplate to increase the length of pull as the boys grow.
A quick way to increase length of pull is to put on a slip-on recoil boot. Also, there are commercial buttplate assemblies that let you change the length of pull, but none that I'm aware of would give the extreme adjustment for the requirements of, say, 7- and 16-year-old shooters.
-Jim Carmichel, Shooting Editor
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Originally posted by herbie57_57 View PostI know it easier to buy ammo if you sons have the same gauge that you do but your younger sons are going to be pretty sore if you make them use a 12 ga just so you don't have to buy 2 kinds of shells. You should consider a 20 ga for your younger kids at least.
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Originally posted by outdoorlife-editor View PostA With five sons, it appears you're raising your own trap-shooting squad. You don't mention your financial means, but I'm going to assume that you'd like to get all of your boys into shooting with minimal financial stress.
Having said that, the bad news is that you're going to have trouble trying to get along with fewer than three shotguns. The problem isn't just having shotguns with reduced stock lengths to fit shorter arms, but being able to change the length of pull as the boys grow. There are a number of ways to do this; one is simply to start out with a youth-dimension shotgun and add spacers between the stock and buttplate to increase the length of pull as the boys grow.
A quick way to increase length of pull is to put on a slip-on recoil boot. Also, there are commercial buttplate assemblies that let you change the length of pull, but none that I'm aware of would give the extreme adjustment for the requirements of, say, 7- and 16-year-old shooters.
-Jim Carmichel, Shooting Editor
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Originally posted by dodgecummins View Postwhen i was 8 i got my first shotgun it was a remington model 70 20 gauge it is a very good gun i still have it to this day and it is the best shotgun i ever had
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