I got my 5 yr. old GS started on a Chipmunk and a couple of years of learning safety and how to shoot, and after I had let him fire my 10-22, I purchased him a Browning lever action. That quickly became his favorite .22.

The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.