SolomonsCommune
Tomato Grower
My son is 5 years old and I've never taken him shooting. I don't know that I will at least for the next couple years, but I'm starting to think about a first rifle for him. I have a model 1906 Winchester pump that my Granny taught me to shoot with in Missouri (Missoura ha). Funny enough, SHE was the one that would take me to shoot when I was young. We'd leave town and head to the farm to pick vegetables in the garden and then we'd set cans up and plink away.
Anyway, I plan on him shooting his first rounds out of that same pump 22, which was also the same gun I shot my first rounds out of, and the same gun my father and uncle shot with their first times as well.
So, my dilemma is I'd like to buy him a decent 22 rifle that's essentially going to be his when he's old enough. I'd love to start him on a bolt action... but here's the kicker... I'd also kind of like the rifle to be tube fed as well. Don't ask me why, because I don't really have a reason, just love me some tube fed .22's.
So I'm trying to find a bolt action, tube fed 22 rifle, with iron sights that isn't a plastic POS... I was thinking about a Marlin 60 and just dealing with the fact that it's semi auto... and that may end up being the gun, but I think it would be nice to find a used old bolt action-tube fed rifle that was well taken care of, heavy, and not made of plastic...
Anyone have any ideas on an older gun that fits that bill and won't break the bank? Marlin Model 81 perhaps like the picture I'm posting? That's a beautiful gun there...
Anyway, I plan on him shooting his first rounds out of that same pump 22, which was also the same gun I shot my first rounds out of, and the same gun my father and uncle shot with their first times as well.
So, my dilemma is I'd like to buy him a decent 22 rifle that's essentially going to be his when he's old enough. I'd love to start him on a bolt action... but here's the kicker... I'd also kind of like the rifle to be tube fed as well. Don't ask me why, because I don't really have a reason, just love me some tube fed .22's.
So I'm trying to find a bolt action, tube fed 22 rifle, with iron sights that isn't a plastic POS... I was thinking about a Marlin 60 and just dealing with the fact that it's semi auto... and that may end up being the gun, but I think it would be nice to find a used old bolt action-tube fed rifle that was well taken care of, heavy, and not made of plastic...
Anyone have any ideas on an older gun that fits that bill and won't break the bank? Marlin Model 81 perhaps like the picture I'm posting? That's a beautiful gun there...
