Model 1938 Red Ryder Air Rifle

Pros: Fun, cheap, teaches responsibility, helps Dads and kids bond, still aint shot my eye out
Cons: No longer USA made

What comes around… Pasted over my desk are few pictures of my first and favorite cars and bikes. I have another of my daughter and another of me receiving Top Marksman award by my unit commander while still in the service, now a ...

Pros: A really quality rifle and very inexpensive.
Cons: None but should be used by a fairly mature kid.

I bought my two older grandsons the Daisy Model 1938 Red Ryder Air rifle for Christmas a few years back. The boys are ten and eleven. I taught them both to shoot. I first taught them on our old Official Shooting Education  BB gun ...

Pros: Great starter BB gun, well made, inexpensive
Cons: Has a short range

Growing up in a household where guns were laying all around and in every corner, it was vital my brother and I learned about gun safety and respect, and so before getting rifles of our own, we both played around with BB guns, the Daisy Red Ryder ...

Pros: Inexpensive; nostalgia factor; great way for a kid to learn gun safety
Cons: Low powered; short range; crude sites

We got my son one of these for Christmas for two reasons. First of all, he's an 11-year-old boy in the South and I'm stunned kids his age aren't required by law to own one around here. Second, he always got a kick of out the "you'll shoot your eye out!" ...

Pros: Lasts forever,isn't to powerful, and is extremely light for youngsters.
Cons: Don't shoot your eye out!

The red Ryder is a classic just like in the Christmas movie "you'll shoot you eye out." Since I was probably five years old I wanted a red Ryder BB gun finally when I was seven good ole Santa brought me one. Ever since I have had it I have loved it. ...