My son is 7 and has a 410

So you gave a 6 yo a 410 ???

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So you gave a 6 yo a 410 ???

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and let him shoot it at a deer??? What did that deer do to you? Must have been bad.

I got a .410 single barrel when I was 8. I was taught gun safety, respect for wildlife, how to read sign and how to stay on a stand.

It was the way it was done in the day.

Many stories of 410 killing deer. I got my first 410 at 5 and killed my first duck with it that year. It was on the water but hell I was five.

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Single shots by nature are gonna kick like crazy

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That doesn't make sense. The kick form a single shot will be the same as from a bolt action.

Not when you consider that many of those single shots are VERY light, especially with the composite stocks. Less weight in the gun = more felt recoil

Thanks Reveille, yea the single shots I've dealt with are substantially lighter than a bolt action.

For the posters who don't understand, he has been sitting in the woods in a stand with me starting at age 3. He knows and understands gun saftey probaly better than most adults. I would never let him hunt without me in the stand. Last year i bought him a rossi 410 and 22 combo for christmas, which he shot one time (at the doe) and is now scared to shoot it again. This is bringing the question to mind about a rifle. I was thinking a low caliber youth model might be better for him at this age. Thanks to the posters who had some legit info.

Hell - I was 4 when I got my benjamin pump air rifle... I was 6 when I got a 410 and I was 9 when I got a 12 gauge. Age is right folks. Take him out and shoot cans, targets, skeet.

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So maybe some earplugs might do the trick

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I think that would help tremendously. I was intimidated by my first deer rifle as well and noise was probably the biggest factor. I had a remington youth model .243 bolt action. Still have the gun and loan it to kids and women that would hunt with us.