Back in pre-pc days, when ads like this were common in boy's comics and periodicals....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/3122848...7608030264100/

There was a fairly large choice of junior sized guns for the younger shooter.....proper small sized rifles, like the smaller Dianas, Milbros, Webley Junior and Jaguar etc........I recently saw a Weihrauch 25 at a flea market which looked a true "lads" gun, but does anyone else still do these?......not in the market, just wondering what beginners of a younger age have to start with these days.....