singleshot Report post Posted August 16, 2020 Think about a NEF youth model in 20 gauge. Safe, built in basics of learning to uncock the hammer on a live round, single shot so makes you focus. The center fires are pretty much junk but the shotguns are solid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DUG Report post Posted August 16, 2020 Cabelas had a bunch of 410 and 28 gauge TriStars?? semi auto for under 500$. Very light and not much recoil. Just start him off loading one shell. My girls started with a Browning Gold Hunter 20 and 1 shell limit. They worked up to a 2nd shell and then a 3rd. Stay away from single shot break open. At 8 there will be too much kick even from a 20 gauge. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted August 16, 2020 4 hours ago, DUG said: Cabelas had a bunch of 410 and 28 gauge TriStars?? semi auto for under 500$. Very light and not much recoil. Just start him off loading one shell. My girls started with a Browning Gold Hunter 20 and 1 shell limit. They worked up to a 2nd shell and then a 3rd. Stay away from single shot break open. At 8 there will be too much kick even from a 20 gauge. My son has a 12 gauge Tristar and has never had a single problem with it. Very reliable. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HyNoon Report post Posted August 17, 2020 I recommend what dug said , my boy started on a semi auto youth Tristar. One shell at a time in the beginning. Very light and has very little recoil in the autos. No issues with ours yet either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taggart_lumpy Report post Posted August 17, 2020 youth weatherby sa08 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Tub Report post Posted August 18, 2020 Long ago I got my young kids a super small 20 ga single shot Savage. It was just beyond legal length cut off barrel and with a short stock - perfect for handling by an 8 to 11 yr old. PROBLEM: with full power loads, it kicked like a mule. I got a 20 ga reloader and loaded up a box or two minimum loads and it worked really well for a training gun but the shots could only be 10-15 yards with no choke. Note this gun is only good for about 2 years. Those kids grow but more importantly, they want the 3 shots volley availability!. Awh those were the days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacob...soaz Report post Posted August 30, 2020 thanks for all the replies. I went with the mossberg 510 mini 20 gauge .. its a sweet little gun .. he shot it 1 time lol that was enough for him .. he is still kind of small .. hopefully i can get him to shoot it more before dove season.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
