FFF this gun is for a 9 year old.
If you are wanting to buy him a gun that he can keep and use his whole life then invest in either a Thompson Center Contender or an Encore. Both have youth stocks avaliable or you can buy it with a wood stock and cut it down if needed. I prefer the contender but you will have more caliber choices in the Encore. A Handi Rifle is a good gun too. I own several of them. They are a bit lower in quality but they do the job. As far as caliber I'd highly recommend .44 Magnum. For the same reason FFF recommended .357 Max. It will kill anything that needs killing and doesent kick like a mule in a rifle. If the Mags kick to hard you can always let him shoot .44 specials out of the gun. However the biggest difference is avaliablity. Your going to have to look long and hard to find bullets for a .357 Max and likely have to reload or shoot .357 mags or .38's. .44 Mag is much easier to find and if you do decide to reload components are easy to find as well.
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