There is a simple way to keep a kid from being afraid of recoil, that I used with my sons and, now, with my grandsons. My youngest son, whose sons are pictured above, was shooting a Ruger No. 3 .45-70, with 300 grain bullets, off the bench when he was only 10 years old. Never once did he mention the recoil, and it was there. Grown men would wince when he shot it, look at me questioningly, and Jonathan would say, "Can I shoot it again, Daddy?"

SRH

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