Thread: Best first firearm?

For a young falla/fallessa then .22lr or magnum. 12ga the recoil will put him off, unless you get him clay loads 7.5 21grams. Start trying to feed him 5 32grams in a gun that doesn't fit and your just going to put them off.

As an example my wife won't shoot a shotgun as she feels it's to much. All the trying to hit a moving target etc.
Yet target shooting with a rifle she enjoys.
My own example was I was given a 12ga to start with. Kicked the shit out of me as everyone was using 5s and 4 shot. I only stuck with it because I loved duck shooting.
My first rifles where 270 but again I sold these as recoil got to me. This is before sound moderators even became common place.

So the answer is two fold.
1: It needs to be enjoyable to use.
2: It needs to large enough to compensate for the mistakes that the inexperienced will make when hunting animals. (what I mean here is error in accuracy) We do need to look at the welfare of the game animal. No use going around trying to take out deer with a .22lr or WRM it's not ethical.
3: your budget v fit. We can't all by Holland & Holland but on the other hand we don't want something that is a peace of crap that is going to fall to apart in five minutes. I think a lot of people miss the second hand stuff. Nothing wrong with the old walnut and blue guns that are still out there.

As said above the old bolt guns and brake action shotguns will teach you a lot more about safe handling than a semi auto. (In this I mean you only ever have one round to worry about once the shot is taken) it will also teach you to become accurate.
One round is all you need V the whole magazine because you have a semi auto. (You can afford all that ammo anyway as this is back into the budget category).
There my look on it.