I bought my son his first gun when he was one year old. A Remington Model 7 in 7mm-08. I used that gun, "breaking it in" for about 12 years until he started going hunting with me with his own gun.
He first shot a gun at either 4 or 5, a "Woodchucker" single shot .22. That worked OK until I let him shoot my Ruger 10-22 when he was late 5 or early 6, never shot that Woodchucker again.
At 6, I left him on the 50 yard line at the Blue and Gray R&P with a brick of .22's while I went and mowed the 200 yard line. When I got done, about an hour later, a Camp Perry Grand Master (and the club FFL) walked up to me and told me that my son was the safest shooter he had ever seen.
The bad news is that shortly thereafter, my son stole my 10-22 from me.
Later that year, he successfully stole my Ruger .22 semi-auto pistol, the good news is that I saw it coming that time (yea, I eventually learn).
At 10 he started shooting my BM/Armalite AR-15 carbine with the Armalite mid-length hadnguards. He's been trying to steal that from me every since.
At 12 and then again 14, he was a great jack rabbit killer in the Nevada deserts. Some pics are below.
It's all about how you raise them and how mature they are. Sounds like yours is on a good start!
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