Here are a couple of pictures of the cutdown Remington 510 that I made up for my 6 year old son affectionately known as the munchkin. I thought it turned out pretty well. Even chopped down (11 inch length of pull and 16 1/2 inch barrel)it feels pretty good to me too. Cost me a lot more than a Cricket but it is in a different class and gave me a fun project to work on.

lucky young man [ and dad of course ]

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Really looks good, I'm sure both of you will enjoy it.

Seriously.

That does raise a question, though...

Does that make me a munchkin, or is that just wishful thinkin?

Bonus Track!

Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland (1939)

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I need to do something like that for my son. He is only a month old, but it is never to early to start.

Remington 510s @ GunBroker

• Bolt Action Rifles (12)

• Single Shot Rifles (2)

• Other Shotguns (1)

HTH

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Which is one reason I went this route. BTW I cheated on the sights - the barrel I bought to cut down had no sights. Rather than go to the expense of having dovetails cut I went with Williams Guide sights and - horrors - JB Weld. I got better more expensive sights still cheaper than dovetail cuts would have been.

Rifles makes the adult and child work together until the child is strong and hopefully aware enough to fully operate the gun on his own.

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Of the Troops & For the Troops

The last one I had about 30 years ago looked like it survived The ORIGINAL 'Zombie Holocaust', but it cost me all of $10 and shot like a house afire.

Coincidentally (um, perhaps − LOL), it was literally love-at-first-sight for the young son of an old Albuquerque shooting buddy of mine...
And the rest, as they say, is history.

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In the right hands, of course.

When they're 'still too young to shoot on their own', then adult supervision is what it's all about. Matter of fact, then and for sometime afterwards in most cases.

JMO, but I'd say stonewalrus has amply demonstrated he's well qualified in that department.

When I started out in the shooting game, I was left to my own devices but somehow managed to survive.

Here, we have the case of a much luckier little munchkin.

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The Remington 510 has a special spot in my heart since that is what I learned to shoot with back in central Texas in the NRA Juniors Program. Fine little rifles. Good job!

Rifle that I cut the stock down and has the same safety as the Remington 510.

The Munchkin will one day know that he was a very lucky boy indeed.

For those who want to buy something off the shelf that approximates the build quality and overall size of this cut-down 510, the Savage Cub is a good option.

-AaronB

Stop. My work is absolurely insane right now so it has also been good therapy for me. I used to do woodcarvings but I am not sure I trust myself with sharp instruments right now...

Super nice job. My first rifle was a 510. Saved up bottle deposits all summer and paid $10 for it in a hock shop. All my friends had Winchesters. I thought I was a cut above them because mine cocked on the up stroke and was a lot easier to load. "Nothin says lovin, like a 510 for the Munchkin".

Very, very nice!

And always have been.

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Your little project scored a '10' that will last a lifetime.

Literally.

I never heard of better 'therapy' than that.

Let it sink in some...

Believe me, you deserve it.

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