RE: Kids first gun
My grandparents bought all of the grandsons a BB gun for thier 6th Xmas. My Dad gave me a bolt action 20ga at age 12. At 14 my grandpa gave me his old winchester pump 22 with exposed hammer. I killed all game including deer with that 22. There was no deer season where I lived at that time. My dad gave me his Eddystone 30-06 when I graduated high school. We lived on a farm and my dad could never spare me to work out until I was out of high school. My then my little brother was big enough to help farm and I got my first job. I soon biought a then new Remington nylon 66. Great gun.