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Posted: 3/5/2006 9:34:16 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/5/2006 9:35:32 PM EDT
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Yup. I loved it as a kid.
Good rifle to learn on too. Teaches bolt action and apeture sights. My 9 month old has his name on it now. |
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Posted: 3/5/2006 9:41:48 PM EDT
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I want to get one for my seven year old daughter, she has shot my 10/22 and loved it but being a tiny little girl even it was too big, so I'm thinking that a Chipmunk rifle of her own might keep her interested for a while.
ETA I'm probably going to spring for one, should I stick with irons or go with a scope, the irons are a good basic learning tool but the scope might be more fun for her. |
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Posted: 3/5/2006 9:46:39 PM EDT
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Since she liked it, what about a reduced stock for the 10/22? Or is it too heavy?
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Posted: 3/5/2006 9:50:23 PM EDT
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Stick with the irons. Shooting should be fun enough. |
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Posted: 3/5/2006 9:52:26 PM EDT
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I remember when the Chipmunk was a simple, ultra-basic training rifle. The last one I saw had a laminated thumbhole stock and a bull barrel, and was still as light as a feather. Damn, that thing was nice!
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Posted: 3/5/2006 9:56:36 PM EDT
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If you want your six year old niece to LOVE you give her one and then fill a few dozen water balloons and let her sit in the air conditioning and shoot them out the window of your still-under-construction cabin:
 She hits a balloon with almost every shot at about 15 yards. She shot it the first time on her third birthday (obviously in a rest, pre-aimed, and with CLOSE supervision). It was her first birthday present.  This month is her birthday and tomorrow I'm ordering a Handy Rifle in .223 as her first "deer rifle." She will kill a deer with it in Missouri this October in the Youth Hunt. Add a Leupold scope, cut the stock down, and she will be deadly with it. |
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Posted: 3/5/2006 10:03:27 PM EDT
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My daughter had a chipmunk, but we traded it for a Savage Cub. The Savage fit her better, and had a better trigger, at least she thinks so.
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Posted: 3/5/2006 10:10:18 PM EDT
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probaby still too heavy, my daughter is a munchkin, she has the skills and mind of a seven year old and the size of a skinny four year old. BTW I love the pics beekeeper. Thats my girl if she had dark hair. 
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Posted: 3/5/2006 10:12:11 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/5/2006 10:25:18 PM EDT
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Thanks.  Not to hijack too much, but here she is at my grandmother's 90th birthday party. While everyone else was eating cake she wanted to shoot her Red Ryder--  ETA: Crap--I hit "Submit" too soon. I wanted to say your little girl is a doll! 
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Posted: 3/5/2006 10:40:24 PM EDT
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This is a great thread. I have been wanting to take my 10y/o niece out and teach her to shoot. Then when she gets old enough, to the highpower matches we go.
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Posted: 3/5/2006 10:52:51 PM EDT
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Ruger is now making a compact version of the 10/22 and it only weighs 4 1/2 lbs.
www.ruger-firearms.com/Firearms/FAProdView?model=1168&return=Y |
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Posted: 3/5/2006 11:18:36 PM EDT
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Bought one in '84. Well crafted and great for teaching kids to shoot.
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Posted: 3/5/2006 11:48:18 PM EDT
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It's called an AR
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Posted: 3/6/2006 12:58:03 AM EDT
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Awwww, man, get her a T/C Contender, and, separately, a carbine kit in .223! Those things are perfect for kids -- she can switch to .22LR for shooting tin cans and water balloons, then move up to .45/70 when she wants to kill a buffalo. As long as it's purchased as a pistol, she can then switch back to a handgun setup for metallic silhouette competition too.
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Posted: 3/6/2006 2:57:12 AM EDT
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Mogwar,
Both of my sons received one for their 8th birthday. Keep 'em simple, no scope, plane wood stock IMHO. The are available in a few colors now, pink among them  My sons out grew them by the time they were 13 or 14yrs but they still have a fine weapon to teach their children markmanship. Let me phrase it this way... You'll regret NOT getting one for her. The few dollars one costs is nothing compared to the gain you and your daughter will have in ownership. |
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Posted: 3/6/2006 3:18:49 AM EDT
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Can chipmonks use rifles?
I'd thing the length of pull would be prohibitive for thier little paws.
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Posted: 3/6/2006 4:00:11 AM EDT
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My neighbor's son has one, he loves it.
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Posted: 3/6/2006 4:06:36 AM EDT
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I went with the CZ 452 Youth for my kids.
OUTSTANDING little rifle. +1 on the balloons.Kids love targets that DO SOMETHING.Clay birds,water filled jugs,etc. I also use old magazine and calender pics of game animals.Helps them pick THE spot. Glad to see y'all involving the little ones!Dave |
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Posted: 3/6/2006 7:02:28 PM EDT
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Hey, thanks for the advice and I can hardly wait to get one of these miniature rifles for my daughter.
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Posted: 3/6/2006 7:04:34 PM EDT
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50BMG
go big or go home |
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Posted: 3/7/2006 6:37:37 AM EDT
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My nephew has one. Great little learner gun.
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Posted: 3/7/2006 6:52:24 AM EDT
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chipmunks are a fine rifle but if you want to step up a bit i would highly recommed a ruger 10-22. i would buy an extra synthetic stock and cut the "factory" wood stock way down and when they get older stick on the synthetic. you have a tone of options with the 10-22. it's a way better gun that will last them their life.
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Posted: 3/7/2006 7:05:43 AM EDT
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She looks pretty serious. SHe has that "I am a Secret Service Sniper" look about her! Great pic! |
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Posted: 3/7/2006 9:19:48 AM EDT
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I got one for my daughter....in PINK
 . She enjoys shooting it.
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Posted: 3/7/2006 9:34:54 AM EDT
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I had one, had a camouflage stock on it. Somebody stole it.
I want to get another one. Where can they be found? |
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Posted: 3/7/2006 9:39:53 AM EDT
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The older models were great. They used to be made by-hand in Oregon...The old man who made them died (or was committed, or something like that) back around 1994 IIRC and the company got sold by his kids to some international outfit so if you can find an old one buy it.
The newer ones aren't half bad, but they sure aren't the old hand-made ones. |
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Posted: 3/7/2006 9:53:53 AM EDT
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Not a chipmonk but a crickett. Fun little rifle. They are bolt bolt action, manual cock. That means you need to pull back the charging rod in the back of the bolt once it's home to fire it. I got one for my kids. It takes some time to load and hopefully they will get the idea that every round counts (esp if they have to work at it). The only thing I wish they would add are some feed ramps. PIA for my larger fingers to load into the chamber. It can fire short, long, long rifle. This one has a bull barrel, a scope, thumbhole, laminated stock. But there are a lot of variaties if you check out Davey Crickett rifles. Not plugging them, but for kiddies, thats what I got, along with the 10/22, Marlin 39A, Marlin 983s, and the bushy in 22. Varity of rifle actions.
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