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The Gun that is Made for You
While this early American rifle was made by a boy still it was a man's gun in weight and size; and it was not so very long ago that if a boy shot at all he had to use a man's gun.
But of late years all this has been changed, and the makers of guns have woke up to the fact that if they made a gun especially for the boy of today and got him interested in shooting they stood a pretty good chance of selling him guns and ammunition tomorrow when he grew up.
And the gun manufacturers guessed about right, and so nearly all of them make a boy's rifle now that is at once light in weight, shoots cheap ammunition, and is as powerful as it needs to be while its first cost is indeed very small. For these reasons the rifle known as a .22-caliber—and there is quite a family of them—has become very popular with boys the world over.
For target-shooting you can't beat a .22 rifle, as there is no kick to speak of and this does away with the natural tendency which most beginners have of flinching when the gun is fired. But the .22-caliber gun is more than a mere target gun, for it is just as effective to shoot small game with, such as squirrels, rabbits, etc., when it is in the hands of a good shot as a rifle of larger caliber and which uses more expensive ammunition.
Besides these good features the .22-caliber is a safety gun in the sense that its range and penetration is nowhere nearly as great as in rifles of larger caliber with one exception, but this is another story which I shall tell you about later. Anyhow, the .22-caliber rifle is the gun that is made for you, so buy one and be glad.
Collins, A. Frederick. Shooting, for Boys,. New York: Moffat, Yard and, 1917. Print.
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