what i did for my kids/grandkids. took one of the cheap $99 walmart specials with a plastic stock,removed the buttplate and poured it full of lead shot,making it actually heavier to reduce recoil.left the stock length ALONE for one simple reason..ml is not like a regular rifle ,even one of the inlines,theres a very real possibility of eye damage with a muzzle loader thats greatly reduced with a more modern rifle and how shall we say "choking up" on a ml greatly increases this risk. be a shame for a 9 year old boy to lose the sight of his shooting eye and have to deal with it the rest of his life in my opinion.MY thoughts were to reduce recoil,put child in a position to where the shots they would take would not require offhand shooting ( which cutting the stock is supposed to help and that ONLY,it does absolutly nothing else,it increases recoil, it moves the drop in stock, increasing felt recoil most times,INCOURAGES instead discourages bad shooting habits such as bad head placement etc ) IN MY OPINION after helping dozens of children learn to shoot,shooting a rife is not in anyway like shooting a shotgun .put that child in a position to where he can adapt hisself to the stock and youll have a better shooter.IF he needs shooting aids,lace on a cheekpiece to raise the line of sight,recoil pads and things should be shorter not thicker,( which very often will gain a inch by it self on stock length) loads should be reduced(50 grains of pyrodex will drive a 250 grain 50 cal bullet through any deer walking) rifle should be heavier not lighter,and let them shoot out of a fixed stand,at standing still targets, off shooting sticks if neccesary.Thats my thinking anyway,shooting a rifle(except at dangerouse game of course) is not like shooting a shotgun,anyone can pretty make a good shot with any rifle given enough time to set up. again my opinion.one time only I'll shorten a stock, when im building a specific rifle for a speciefic child when the've stopped growing.
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