My youngest started shooting this summer. Despite the fact that all we had to shoot was a good variety of adult-sized .22lr rifles, she stuck to it and by summer's end was keeping them all on the paper at 50yds with my 10/22. One of my shooting buddies heard about the Crickett, made by Keystone Sporting Arms. www.crickett.com As soon as I saw it, I knew it would be perfect. It's a single shot, manual cocking bolt action with an adjustable peep sight, and it came in her favorite color. When I sighted it in for her, I was amazed to find it kept everything in an inch at 25yds with three out of the four brands I tried in it. She was squealing happy when she saw it, and showed it off proudly at the range when she put it through its paces. She felt that the aperture was much too small to hunt with (her own idea, not mine) so I drilled it out a little and she was good to go. We went out in search of red squirrels last weekend, but there were still too many leaves on the trees and though we could hear them, the canopy was much too dense for any shots. We did flush a partridge, but I was not carrying a shotgun, choosing instead to focus on her. It was the first time she had ever seen one - didn't her eyes get wide when it took off! I guess I'll have to find her a shotgun now, too. She has been eyeing my newly assembled Contender carbine (.30-30 with an Aimpoint), but that can wait until next year. One step at a time. I haven't even gotten a chance to shoot it yet myself.....