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<blockquote data-quote="younggundavid" data-source="post: 2404689" data-attributes="member: 28977"><p>I do a lot of duck hunting and trap shooting. My 14 year old step daughter had watched me for severl months and was showing an interest in wanting to shoot. She had a 22 bolt action with a magazine and wanted to try a shotgun. I figured I'd just buy her a youth model 20ga shotgun and let her try shooting some trap with me. Man..... bad deal. I purchased the gun and some rounds and took her to the trap range. We stood on Deck and started to take turns at some trap. After her first shot I asked her how she was doing. I could tell she was in a state of shock. Shotgun is much different than a 22. After the 3rd shot. She finally told me it was hurting her. We shot a couple more and after the 5th shot I noticed she was about to cry. I put my gun down and asked her if I could shoot her gun a couple times. I had just purchased the gun that day. I had never fired it. Hmm.. maybe there WAS something wrong. I shouldered the gun as I would my benelli 12 ga. Called "pull" and fired a shot. Youth model shotgun was so "light" duty it not only kicked like a mule. It actually popped up and hit "me" in the face after I fired. I put the gun back to my shoulder and was prepared to be kicked like a mule and handled the 2nd shot ok... Worthless. Thinking a youth model that was 2 pounds and 3 ounces lighter than my 12 gauge would be the best for her, turned out there just wasnt enough gun to help absorb the kick. She still shoots her 22lr two or 3 times a year at pop cans and paper targets... she's 24 years old now and still won't touch a shotgun.</p><p>My youngest daughter just turned 13 and is talking about wanting to try a shotgun. I've had her on a 22 bolt action with magazine since she was 8. She tried a berretta 92fs last spring and spent some time on an AR 15 I built for her after she was born. She got a ruger 10/22 for christmas but is still asking about the shotgun. I will probably take her in the spring after sears get's the trap range up and running again. I will probably let her use a remington 1187 semi auto. 1 shot at a time rule and let her shoot a round of trap with it. It's the only way I know of to keep the kick from ruining this kid on shotguns. I will get her a shorter barrel to use, but the semi auto will have the least amount of kick for a shotgun... then once she has a feel for it. I will let her try other shotguns.. and see how she feels about it. Not let her first shot kick her like a mule and scare her too much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="younggundavid, post: 2404689, member: 28977"] I do a lot of duck hunting and trap shooting. My 14 year old step daughter had watched me for severl months and was showing an interest in wanting to shoot. She had a 22 bolt action with a magazine and wanted to try a shotgun. I figured I'd just buy her a youth model 20ga shotgun and let her try shooting some trap with me. Man..... bad deal. I purchased the gun and some rounds and took her to the trap range. We stood on Deck and started to take turns at some trap. After her first shot I asked her how she was doing. I could tell she was in a state of shock. Shotgun is much different than a 22. After the 3rd shot. She finally told me it was hurting her. We shot a couple more and after the 5th shot I noticed she was about to cry. I put my gun down and asked her if I could shoot her gun a couple times. I had just purchased the gun that day. I had never fired it. Hmm.. maybe there WAS something wrong. I shouldered the gun as I would my benelli 12 ga. Called "pull" and fired a shot. Youth model shotgun was so "light" duty it not only kicked like a mule. It actually popped up and hit "me" in the face after I fired. I put the gun back to my shoulder and was prepared to be kicked like a mule and handled the 2nd shot ok... Worthless. Thinking a youth model that was 2 pounds and 3 ounces lighter than my 12 gauge would be the best for her, turned out there just wasnt enough gun to help absorb the kick. She still shoots her 22lr two or 3 times a year at pop cans and paper targets... she's 24 years old now and still won't touch a shotgun. My youngest daughter just turned 13 and is talking about wanting to try a shotgun. I've had her on a 22 bolt action with magazine since she was 8. She tried a berretta 92fs last spring and spent some time on an AR 15 I built for her after she was born. She got a ruger 10/22 for christmas but is still asking about the shotgun. I will probably take her in the spring after sears get's the trap range up and running again. I will probably let her use a remington 1187 semi auto. 1 shot at a time rule and let her shoot a round of trap with it. It's the only way I know of to keep the kick from ruining this kid on shotguns. I will get her a shorter barrel to use, but the semi auto will have the least amount of kick for a shotgun... then once she has a feel for it. I will let her try other shotguns.. and see how she feels about it. Not let her first shot kick her like a mule and scare her too much. [/QUOTE]
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