Good advise so far. I will second the 20ga auto. I started my oldest at 8 with a 20 ga. auto youth model. He is about average height, thin but with a athletic build. He handled the gun well and recoil wasn't to bad for him even with heavy hunting loads. He killed his first goose a few weeks after I started working with him. A light auto is the ticket, its light enuff for younger shooters to handle but the auto tames recoil a bit so they won't get beat up. Recoil is the biggest thing that detures kids from wanting to shoot.

My youngest took the gun over when he was 10. He is thinner and smaller than his brother so it took him a while to be able to handle the gun and grow Iinto it. He is 12 now and does ok with it.

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