Suggestions....please!

[jbirds1210]

I would like to purchase my 14 year old sister a .22 rifle for her birthday. She is a tall girl for her age. Anyone have suggestions on a quality 22 bolt action rifle. I do not want to spend a fortune on this rifle. If she likes it and is willing to go shoot, I will upgrade at Christmas. I believe that the little Chipmunk rifles would be too short for her. Thanks in advance.
Jason

[Tom]

I would like to purchase my 14 year old sister a .22 rifle for her birthday. She is a tall girl for her age. Anyone have suggestions on a quality 22 bolt action rifle. I do not want to spend a fortune on this rifle. If she likes it and is willing to go shoot, I will upgrade at Christmas. I believe that the little Chipmunk rifles would be too short for her. Thanks in advance.
Jason

Jason,
I picked up a new Marlin 25N a couple of years ago in SA at the monthly gun show for about $130.
I put an old 4X scope on it and after shooting a bunch of different loads settled on the WIN SuperX
(X22LRH) 37 gr HP. It is my squirrel gun and is amazingly accurate. You would not need to upgrade
for a better 22 with this model.

Kind Regards,

Tom

[Madsmiley]

I picked my nephew up a bolt action .22 for xmas last year..On thing I strongly recommened is to have her shoot open sights for the first couple of years before moving up to optics..

[aguyindallas]

If you want to skip the simplicty of say a bolt action gun, I would go with a 10/22.

It will last a lifetime and if she gains some real interest, she can customize the heck out of it and compete with it.

With that said....sadly, I have never owned one.

[AV8R]

I bought a 10/22 for my daughter a couple of years ago (when she was 13) and she has loved it. After floating the barrel, which had a manufactured interference at the front of the stock, the rifle shoots better than dime-size groups at 25 yards with Remington high-velocity, a lot of fun for the money. Her older brother's Marlin, a tubular magazine bolt action with a straight barrel, is a fine shooter as well and makes a great first rifle.

[Braden]

The Ruger 77/22 is an excellent little bolt action rifle. The 10/22 is also a very good choice if you want a semi-auto. I'll probably get the 10/22 for each of my boys as their first rifle as soon as they're old enough. Those are some great little plinkers and nice little varmit guns too.