My son, who is nearly 15 and has been shooting with the Scouts for the last few years has recently been invited to shoot with the scouts national squad so I'm after some advice.
At the moment he's using the scouts own kit, rifle, slings, gloves etc but he wants to start getting his own stuff. Now being a teenager I'm not going to jump straight in and splash a few grand on gear so would like some advice on what he really needs and what he can wait for. So far he wants: Glove, sling, jacket, shooting mat, tool kit, sighting scope and of course a rifle (but thats going to have to wait!!). He's aiming to specialise in .22 rifle over 25 yards, but also does some air pistol over 10 yards.
I know nothing about shooting, so any advice would be welcome.
I live in the bromley, south London area so any advice on shops (I've seen a thread praising Surry Guns) would be good. Also a decent local club recommendation (I've seen Addiscombe being praised on here too)

Any help much appreciated

Cheers

Paul