Want to buy 22lr rifle for son.

I think the Marlin is a good choice.
The Savage Mark II's are also very good choices.
The CZ 452 or now 455 Trainer mentioned earlier is a good choice as are the regular CZ 22 rifles depending on your budget.
The Henry lever actions are a good choice and the lever actions are just a lot of fun overall. Of course there are the Brownings and Marlins too. But the Henry's are more economical.

I would not get a single shot 22 rifle for your son as I think loading one cartridge at a time is a pain in the butt. Kids want to shoot reasonably fast from time to time and the Henry would allow for that at a reasonable rate of fire versus a 22 semi-auto.
 
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Just today I picked up a second CZ Scout for the honorary grandnephews. $330 out the door, background check included. We haven't shot the second one yet but the first has been a great rifle. The magazines are pricey when the kids are ready to set aside the single shot device, which my guys quickly did, but that's OK.

The Scout's 12 inch length of pull is a bit much for the smaller boys, we may modify this second one. (I met a family at the range one day that had cut down their rifle's stock to short enough for their youngest kid. They bought a universal plastic butt plate from Brownell's and ground it to fit. As kiddo grew, the thin plastic was replaced with successively thicker recoil pads. When the rifle was too short for the kid, he receive a new rifle and the cut down rifle, complete with its set of recoil pads, was passed along within the family. I had the pleasure of meeting boys seven and eight years old, the fourth generation.)

Take a good look at lace on cheek pieces. Small faces must get up off most stocks to align an eye with iron sights, even higher off the stock for a scope. A "cheek weld" is a real part of marksmanship.

Finally, one thing to be said for the Ruger is that the 10 shot magazine mounts flush in the stock. Perhaps too accustomed to my 77/22, I find I keep banging into the 10 rounders in the Scout and the honorary nephew's Savage MkII.
 
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Small faces must get up off most stocks to align an eye with irons sights, even higher off the stock for a scope. A "cheek weld" is a real part of marksmanship.
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This is one of the reasons I am such a fan or youth sized guns for youths.

If the gun does not fit the kid, he or she will develop bad habits. Ammo and range time is darn near priceless these days. Do everything that you can to use them to cultivate good habits, so you won't have to use even more to fix the bad habits formed by burning those precious resources incorrectly in the first place.
 
I think the CZ 452 Scout would be a great choice. Start him out with the single shot adapter and open sights. You can add the 5 shot clip or a scope later on. The Scout has the quality to last a lifetime, and the accuracy to keep up with improving skills. I love my Scout, it's the last rimfire I would part with.
 
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This is one of the reasons I am such a fan or youth sized guns for youths.

If the gun does not fit the kid, he or she will develop bad habits. Ammo and range time is darn near priceless these days. Do everything that you can to use them to cultivate good habits, so you won't have to use even more to fix the bad habits formed by burning those precious resources incorrectly in the first place.
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Maybe I had a big noggin when I was a kid (I sure do now with my 7 3/4 hat size) but with iron sights or target sights I was always able to get a good cheek weld on adult size guns. Teaching kids now I like to use an air rifle first and when they can demonstrate relative competence I let them shoot a .22LR. I didn't shoot a rifle with a scope until I was out of high school.

I shot a Kimber 82G in prone matches starting when I was ten. That's a lot of weight for a ten year old, even a big one like me. I lost my cool one day when my dad took me to practice (I was shooting a brick-a-week at NRA 50ft. small bore targets) and I started crying because I was tired of holding that lunk rifle up. My dad got out my Marlin 25n and we set up beer cans and bottles in a shooting gallery just to have some fun and take my mind off of practice. It's one of my favorite memories of childhood.
 
Get the marlin.

I got a marlin 22 stainless steel barrel 3 years ago for about that price and it is very nice.
Marlin is a good company for 22 guns.

For the price marlin has great guns.

Zach
 
I learned on a Winchester Mod 67 A that I still have and love to shoot.
I am 71 yrs old and have taught both of my son and both of my grandsons gun safety and how to shoot with it. My problem now is I only have one mod 67A and all 4 of them would like me to leave it to them.:eek:
 
Hello Lakota,,,

My problem now is I only have one mod 67A and all 4 of them would like me to leave it to them.
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Sounds like the time for a family lottery drawing.

That's what my grandmother did with Papa's guns,,,
More grandkids than guns.

Aarond

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