To the OP, sorry for all the hijacks.
I’ve started out a lot of kids into shooting, and I did it contrary to how my dad started me. To be fair, he didn’t know any better and he didn’t have the time or the resources I did. Three kids under the age of three and 25 years old, he did a damn good job keeping food in our bellies, clothes on our backs, and a roof over our heads. But giving a skinny kid a model 70 30-06 with no sissy pad is a recipe for a flinch and boy howdy I still have it.
Whatever you choose, make sure the rifle fits. Fit goes a long way towards recoil tolerance.
Speaking of which, start them out easy. There are some, myself included, who believe in the lethality of the .223, given proper bullet. Clearly, that’s not your only choice.
Whatever you choose, make it fun. You won’t go wrong if you keep it fun.
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