ORIGINAL: lovethebigguns
Great thread!!
I would've probably asked this question here before long myself!
My opinion...
I'm going to start my son off with my ole Model 94 30/30. I want him to be proficient with open sights before I introduce him to a scoped rifle. At the age of 10-12 I think that it would be easy to get so caught up in "buck (or doe) fever" that he/she could have trouble finding the deer in a scope, and open sights would just eliminate that worry. Again, just my opinion.
I have a couple of scoped 22's and we'll spend some serious range time shooting, and then after a couple of years when he's ready to move up to the next level, I'll buy hima nice 270.
Good luck with the boy!!
Actually, I found the opposite to be true with my daughter and step son. They did much better with a scope.
Just get a couple bricks of .22's, a scoped rifle and take them to the range several times. Kids learn quickly.
I tied an empty soda bottle to the end of a fishing line and set it out at about 40 yds. I'd reel it a little and stop. Reel a bit more and stop. All along the kids would try to hit it when I'd stop reeling. This taught them to find their target in the scope and get off a shot.
Several trips to the range, and they got really good.
