I coach a youth trap team and I am most certain they will have some youth equipment for usage at your facility. My smallest shooter does not even come to my rib cage. Hah! But he can bust em like anyone else. Just remember the attention span is super short at that age, keep it fun and he will enjoy it for sure. Youth trap clubs are a hoot, the kids develop a lot of skills (non shooting) they will use their entire life.
A youth twenty is where we start them. Literally the recoil difference between a 20 vs 410 is so absolutely minimal that there is no point. And the odds of them hitting the clay go up dramatically. Then the cost element and availability of ammo make the twenty the winner by a large margin. We start them by locking thrower down and shooting straight out targets from center station. Once they gain some confidence we start moving them back to 16 yard line and letting the thrower throw. You have to build up their confidence first. Then they start overthinking it, then they discover girls and the whole thing unravels! Hah! I coach up to seniors in HS.
I would suggest starting with trap, sporting clays are a tuff start and you do not have the latitude to move around and make it easier on the shooter. Remember you want the youth to have fun and just bust em his first couple of times out. You have plenty of time to increase the difficulty. Trap is much more flexible for you to adapt an easier shooting solution. Down side is if it is public range you may not be able to move forward. You might talk to the RSO (range safety officer) and explain to him what you want to do and that is first time youth shooter. Then ask him how to proceed, if you can move closer to the trap house for a few warm up shots. Typically the local ranges are so enthusiastic about youth shooting they will make most any reasonable accommodations. Just be up front with them.
You will have to let us know how it goes, as a CRSO I will literally move heaven and earth to make sure a new to shooting youth has a good time at our facility. He will remember the experience for years!
You made a great choice there Cuzz. Everyone I know who has purchased one of those has been thrilled. From the buzz at shotshow it looks like Henry has been listening to all the positive feedback and the heavy sales traffic on them. I would look for another departure from their “traditional “ lever actions later this year or early spring next year.
See HEMI is still daddy's girl in the shop.
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Yep, she is a true shop dog. Has her own chair and everything. True story, buddy brought his dog over and let them play in front yard, all was good. Dog entered the shop and got flung out! While it is funny now to remember, at the time it was spooky, I thought Hemi had killed the dog. If she had thumbs she could fetch tools. Her under the Cuda with me is still one of my favorite pictures.I see you had "help".
That’s awesome!
Great Company, great product. Somebody I know has won the black rifle championship (regional level) three years running with a DD V7! Shoots against some very tricked out equipment with a basically bone stock out of the box DD! They have just released a pistol as well but I have yet to see one in the wild?
