A couple years ago I bought my daughter a little pink Crickett .22 rifle. She enjoys shooting it and for close range plinking and such it is fine.
Lately she's come with me to the range and shot it from sand bags at 25yd targets, further than usual for her. The groups were not that great but I figured she's only 9. Then I let her shoot another .22 I have that I know is accurate, and she was nailing the bullseye every shot!
So I sat down with it, and the scattered groups ranged from just under an inch to over an inch and a half, depending on ammo. I thought maybe it was the cheap Chinese Crickett scope, so I put a good Leupold on it (looks funny- almost as big as the rifle), but no change.
I'm not finding any obvious problems. Scope and base are tight and solid. Barrel and crown look fine. Stock bolt is tight. Is this just how these little rifles are? anyone have one that shoots better? If this is typical accuracy for Crickett my little girl outgrew it pretty fast.