Gun ? for birth of 1st son

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Belgium Auto 5 Light Twenty

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These guns are known to kick pretty hard. That would delay his shooting of the gun or subject him to some extra punishment which could turn him off from guns...

Out of these two, I think the A5 is a winner

I'd guess $250 on the difference w/o the spare barrel. Maybe $100 for the barrel? - $150 range depending on the condition of each

Invest 1000 dollars in a pretty safe stock and buy whatever he wants maybe x2 in 12 years.

I don't know if you can do this in Alabama, but one of my buddies and his little brother in Florida got lifetime hunting and combo fishing licenses when they were born.

Just looked it up, you can do this in Alabama too. Talk about a sweet gift.

A 22 rifle is the perfect first gun. After two years with that I would consider an easy shooting shotgun. A high quality 22 with good sighting will make a kid feel like a confident marksman.

If I didn't have to fund the entire Showmewhatyougotraji franchise I would be all over a $900 a5 20 ga. Don't really know what it's worth on the market, but to me personally it would be worth $900 to have one.

I am going to locate and purchase 2 more 1100 LT20s so each of my sons will have their own. Might get 3 and just mine for me!

I prefer a child's first gun to be one that must be cocked manually. Preferably a .22 or a .410 cause anything else would kick them pretty good at early ages. My reason for a manual cocking action is that children have a tendency to turn around after a shot is fired and the barrel usually swings around with them. With an automatic, there will be a live round in the chamber. I would say hold off on the auto-loaders until they have some experience proving they operate a firearm safely. Its sometimes tough for children to get the hang of muzzle direction safety. When I bring someone shooting for the first time, I stay right behind them. Cause I've noticed some adults have a tendency to swing that muzzle around too.

Too bad on missign the A5 - my Grandfather has several and I always have loved those guns. I domnt have one myself.

I still need to find the perfect heirloom shotgun for my little guy - he just turned 4.

I dont know what I am looking for, jsut that I want it to be a nice wood stock and soemthing he can pass down to kids / grandkids of his own some day.

I have a Mossburg 500 20ga for him to learn with already, but I'm still looking for something special.

Like has been mentioned. A life time Liscense is a great goft for a young child. I got his right before he turned two. The price goes up at 2 yrs old, again at I think 12 and then is full price at 16. Before 2yrs old it was I think $250 for the combo. Full price right now is $700 and it will only go up as time passes.

Great idea.


I bought my firstborn a Henry Golden Boy. I've wanted to shoot it so bad, but he'll be the first to fire it. Purchased it before I knew if he'd ever make it out the hospital.