For a child

[riflejunkie]

My friend who is buying one of the MM B-26's I'm getting is a gandparent and wants to get his 7 y/o grandson an airgun so that he can spend time with the boy shooting and get him hooked early.  What is a realistic gun for a youngster like that?  I'm thinking Daisy Red Ryder, but I'm not nearly familiar enough with all that is available to know what to suggest.

[70GTvert]

Crosman 2100 is nice, and as he grows, he will be able to do more with it. My nephew, when he was that age, had no problem with giving it 3 pumps, and at that, it worked fine for his experince level. As he got older and stronger, more pumps got more FPS and longer shooting distance, plus it is an ammo hybrid, using both BB's and pellets. I built a wood stock for mine, looks alright that way, but not needed. Has grooves for a scope too.

I recently chrony'd mine, at 10 pumps with a pellet, it is getting 775 FPS. Did not check with a BB but that is supposed to be more.