Thanks for the responses. I haven't made a decision yet, but have have done some checking around. The Rugers and Marlins I've looked at are nice. I'm interested in what Rossi has as well. They have a 3 barrel youth model. Comes with a .22 rifle barrel, 20g shotgun barrel, and a .50 caliber ML barrel. Thats not a bad combination at all. I've only found one price, was around $300. Not bad. Anyone have any experience with these at all? I'm just wondering how hard barrels are to change and how they stand up to use. I'm going to have to try and find one here locally and check it out before I decided what to get.
WisHunt, I thought about getting them a pellet gun, but decided to go straight to a .22. If I got them a pellet gun it'd be too hard to resist using it to take potshots at the neighbors cats that are always in my yard. Hrm..thats not a bad idea though...