Good first gun?

ok...im a country born n bred fella and i personaly cant remember ever NOT having a gun of my own. bb guns are for children (under 10 imho) this fella is a young man! i was raised hunting and fishing on our farm in the BIG town (1 redlight yall n it didnt work!) of ... Utica, Mississippi. my first REAL gun was a 22 and theyre great for squirrell rabbit, and target. now....your 16 and quite capable of work n earning monies on your own, so i would suggest you start you a savings so next year..if ya want.. you n dad can go get ya a 410 shotgun. not so great for target but i was never a good enuff shot to get many squirel er rabit with a 22 lol. pluss, not alot of recoil and with slugs are great for deer and with shot theyre great for squurel n rabbit. just my opinion so its only worth whatever its worth! ;-) good luck!
Beaux
 
a 22 cal will shoot a mile just remember its not a toy you might think about a 410 shot gun they don't kick hard and it would be a good squirrel gun
 
A good small caliber is a savage .17hmr rifle. Its a good round, and I have a thumbhole version that's accurate as hell. IF YOU WANT A CHEAP SHOOTER NOTHING BEATS THE MOSSIN NAGANT. the 7.62x54r rounds can be bought by the 100's for relativly cheap, and the rilfe can be picked up for 75-150 depending on model and condition. I have a 91/30 sniper (yes its an actual sniper, not a modified base nagant) that i can hit anything i point it at with, no matter the range.


mike
 
I learned to shoot on a basic Remington bolt-action .22. My dad would go to pistol team practice on Sunday mornings and I would chase his brass down for him, then afterward he'd work with me shooting. I think I started shooting that .22 when I was about 8 years old, by the time I was 12 I was shooting his .357 and his .45 once in a while. A .22 is a great starter gun as many have mentioned, especially if you're just looking for plinking cans, varmint shooting or target practice.
 
I would look into something a little bigger than a .22. It is a great gun, no doubt, but if you are so used to a pellet gun it wont be much of a difference. You might as well get a .22 calibre pellet gun since it has about the same ammount of recoil ;) I love shooting the 30-30 but that has a lot of kick. Find a happy medium. Something that you can tell is actually powder actuated.
 
I would recommend a bolt action.. if fed with a detachable magazine. find one that allows or converts to single shot.
(this is usually done with a magazine insert that set the follower to allow one round.)
shooting is a discipline. a single shot will allow you to conserve and help you towards making every shot count.

while a 10/22 is fun.. it is too easy to load and just bang away, sending multiple missiles down range in hopes of hitting the x ring.

once you have mastered shooting correctly then you can move on to another rifle.

IMHO

BTW, the 'recoil' out of a pellet gun is different then recoil out of a cartridge from a rifle.
 
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It seems to me that your question is

"Which brand and model of .22 bolt action rifle would you reccomend?"


Is this accurate?
 
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