Re: OT- BB Guns

I started out with a red rider.
learning how to correct that drastic arching of the BB helped me later in
life for those LONG distance shots with my 300 win mag.
after the red rider, my next one was a crossman 760 pump.
I liked that because i could pick anywhere from 3 to 10 pumps for the
desired power.
Later in life, i bought a RWS air rifle from cabelas. It was an 1100 FPS air
rifle. WOW.
Every grown kid needs one of those with a nice scope.
my advise is that a red rider is NOT an underpowered toy. It will kill a
robin or black bird just fine.
Have fun.
Dave

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1991 CR500R
1979 XS Eleven
1973 GT750 waterbuffallo (two stroke)
1990 CR125r
1982 XR100



"GaryT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hey All-
>
> Time for me to start my Christmas shopping and this year I want to get my
8
> y.o. a BB gun. A Christmas Story kinda thing in reverse. Trouble is I
don't
> have a clue as to what is an age appropriate gun. I don't want anything
> _too_  powerful, but I suspect that the Daisy Red Rider might be a
slightly
> anti-climatic experience....
>
> Anybody care to make a recommendation? Something that fires good old
> fashioned round BB's, is easy to cock , is available on-line (and if they
> gift wrap, all the better...).
>
> GaryT
>
>