Other Recommendations for 10yo?

[Bam86]

I would recommend a daisy 880

No it’s not a springer but it’s light and easy to pump.

If your set on a springer get a crosman tyro, they are small and light and $80 at Walmart, and they trigger isn’t terrible.

No reason to buy a 10 year old a $320 hw30

I second that on the Daisy 880. Lightweight, easy to pump and pretty good accuracy For short range.

i shoot mine in the basement at 10m and from standing can consistently hit 3/4 discs Using RWS Basic pellets.

Not a great trigger, but that just helps to make me focus on making a better shot.

This would be a good starter for a 10 year old.

 

[beerthief]

I would recommend a daisy 880

No it’s not a springer but it’s light and easy to pump.

If your set on a springer get a crosman tyro, they are small and light and $80 at Walmart, and they trigger isn’t terrible.

No reason to buy a 10 year old a $320 hw30

Yeah BUT if you buy a HW30 and they don't like it or the sport the YOU have a nice HW30

 

[TnCnDn]

HW30 is a wonderful rifle. Still a bit long and heavy for a youngster. Plus it’s pricey and why worry about the rough handling a youth will do. I bought these (X3 same thing) for my grandsons. They love them. Very accurate. Easy to cock and handle. Looks like Stoeger might be discontinuing this model also.View attachment 560870

Great air rifle, why more people don't consider it is beyond me. Not one person that I have recommended it to has been unhappy with the Stoeger. Just shot one yesterday and it still amazes me. And is not pellet fussy.

 

[KWK]

How about a Fabarm underlever? Truth is all of these guns are too big for a 10 year old.
Nash is 20 now and off on his mechanical engineering internship today.
Weston in the background is 24

 

[jkingrph]

How about a Fabarm underlever? Truth is all of these guns are too big for a 10 year old.
Nash is 20 now and off on his mechanical engineering internship today.
Weston in the background is 24
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A lot of us grew up shooting full adult size guns when that age or younger. Dad got me a Marlin 39a when I was about 7 years old and I probably held it somewhat like that. Also a Daisy BB gun, don't remember the model, other thatn it was lever action, tube fed meaning unscrew barrel an magazine from barrel shroud and fill magazine It had a plastic stock and adjustable rear sight. This was also in the very early 1950's

 

[KWK]

A year later, Nash with a Daisy El Gamo 120.
Weston at 15 with an R7. Rocking his wrestling team shirt. Went 22/2 on the Jr high team

 

[Septicdeath]

If you live where it's warm, I would consider getting him a Diana Trailscout a. Beeman Model 1085 QB II or something similar. No cocking or recoil. Just load and shoot.

 

[TnCnDn]

How about a Fabarm underlever? Truth is all of these guns are too big for a 10 year old.
Nash is 20 now and off on his mechanical engineering internship today.
Weston in the background is 24
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What is Wes shooting?

 

[KWK]

A Crosman 3100 I picked up somewhere. Cometa 100. I still have it. I was reluctant to hand them high end guns at that age. Our 3 sons are very disciplined and could be trusted to handle the gun and shoot on their own when we were shooting tin cans together. I never had them paper punching. And don't boys want t do it themselves? Many of us were hunting on our own at this age.

 

[.20calguy]

My grandson is 7 and when he started he was terrible at it. So I got him a giant box and a bench set up, so he could see his own misses, and control the gun.

Once he was proficient I handed him any un-scoped gun that I had, and he hits proficiently with all. Pistols or rifles, leaf sights, peeps, and red dots.

We still have scopes and offhand shooting left to conquer.
A 10 year should be easier, but still a bit of a challenge to get into a propper stance. You have to start by knowing which eye is dominant.
Shooting from a propped up position (bench) allows them to experience propper sight alignment and accuracy potential before transitioning to offhand.

 

[Sawney Bean]

The other consideration with children is whether they are physically capable of cocking the gun. I know a lot of people will start kids off with a Red Ryder or something similar and find that the kids just lack the strength to cock it. I strongly suspect that's why the 499B target rifle only shoots at around 220 fps. They say it's because of accuracy, but I think it's just because a lot of kids can't cock a standard one.

 

[beerthief]

My grandson is 7 and when he started he was terrible at it. So I got him a giant box and a bench set up, so he could see his own misses, and control the gun.

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Once he was proficient I handed him any un-scoped gun that I had, and he hits proficiently with all. Pistols or rifles, leaf sights, peeps, and red dots.

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We still have scopes and offhand shooting left to conquer.
A 10 year should be easier, but still a bit of a challenge to get into a propper stance. You have to start by knowing which eye is dominant.
Shooting from a propped up position (bench) allows them to experience propper sight alignment and accuracy potential before transitioning to offhand.

This picture looks like he has already laid claim to a gun of his own .

 

[beerthief]

i Still say that a Crossman 1377 / 22 with the stock is the best small kid gun . This is why . most any kid can manage 3 pumps (case in point i had a very slender 7 year old girl shot mine for over an hour ) and hit the target @ 10 meters standing off hand .

 

[beerthief]

Great air rifle, why more people don't consider it is beyond me. Not one person that I have recommended it to has been unhappy with the Stoeger. Just shot one yesterday and it still amazes me. And is not pellet fussy.

Seems to me that the trend today is a lot like PB's "You have to have at least ", a Magnum anything to pest or shoot anything 10 meters or farther "
30 FPE at the very least .and .25

 

[.20calguy]

The other consideration with children is whether they are physically capable of cocking the gun. I know a lot of people will start kids off with a Red Ryder or something similar and find that the kids just lack the strength to cock it. I strongly suspect that's why the 499B target rifle only shoots at around 220 fps. They say it's because of accuracy, but I think it's just because a lot of kids can't cock a standard one.

Daisy helped that tremendously by adding step clicks. A little one can get a few clicks at a time until they finish.