Some weekend in the near future (when the cold lifts a bit), I'm going to take an 8-year old boy out to shoot a firearm for the first time. He's big for his age. He's had toy guns, but hasn't shot air rifles or anything else like a real gun.
I'm thinking of letting him shoot a 10/22 with a collapsible stock. A semi-auto may not be ideal to start with, but it's all I have, so I thought I'd just load one bullet in the magazine at a time for a while.
Getting to the main point, the gun still has the factory barrel and factory open sights on it. I also have a set of Tech-Sights aperture sights, a couple low powered scopes, and a Primary Arms red dot sight. I'm wondering if one type of sight is better to start with?
I'm shying away from the scopes, because, as I mentioned, the stock is adjustable, and without know which setting he'd need, getting the scope's eye relief right could be tricky. Also, this would be the heaviest option on a gun that may already be a bit heavy for an 8-year old.
Any suggestions?
Open sights
Aperture sights
Red dot sight
or scope?
ETA: the goal is just to teach him some basic safety and fundamentals and have some fun shooting some paper targets and knocking aluminum cans around. Precision marksmanship isn't necessarily the goal.
I'm thinking of letting him shoot a 10/22 with a collapsible stock. A semi-auto may not be ideal to start with, but it's all I have, so I thought I'd just load one bullet in the magazine at a time for a while.
Getting to the main point, the gun still has the factory barrel and factory open sights on it. I also have a set of Tech-Sights aperture sights, a couple low powered scopes, and a Primary Arms red dot sight. I'm wondering if one type of sight is better to start with?
I'm shying away from the scopes, because, as I mentioned, the stock is adjustable, and without know which setting he'd need, getting the scope's eye relief right could be tricky. Also, this would be the heaviest option on a gun that may already be a bit heavy for an 8-year old.
Any suggestions?
Open sights
Aperture sights
Red dot sight
or scope?
ETA: the goal is just to teach him some basic safety and fundamentals and have some fun shooting some paper targets and knocking aluminum cans around. Precision marksmanship isn't necessarily the goal.
Last edited: