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Mossberg Blaze Bantam .22 LR
Posted By admin on June 17, 2020
Kaitlin with Mossberg’s BLAZE Bantam .22 LR. Note the finger off the trigger and the safety is also on. A MGM Targets’ rimfire spinner is to her right while a MGM Targets’ squirrel is on the ground on her left.
The Best Off-Hand Semi-Auto For Small Youth
By: Kaitlin Hunt (10)
I am so glad that my family and I have gotten into shooting. Shooting is so much fun! I never thought in a million years that I would have a gun that was built just right for me. The rifle I shoot is a Mossberg Blaze .22 Bantam Youth Rifle. This rifle is perfect for me since I am only 10 years old.
I am glad I got a youth rifle instead of a regular rifle. The youth rifle is so much lighter than a regular rifle. The Mossberg Blaze Youth Rifle is only 3.66 pounds. Most of the gun is made of polymer and only a couple of components are made of steel. The barrel length is 16.5,” but the total length of the gun is 34.25.” The gun is very accurate and inexpensive, especially for a semi-automatic rifle.
Mossberg’s BLAZE youth Bantam .22LR is an excellent rifle for small youth!
The youth rifle is really good, but like every gun there are some downsides. The worst thing about the gun to me is that about every 100 rounds fired, you should clean it. If you don’t clean the rifle, you may notice it jamming more. I have several things that I like about the Blaze .22. The first thing is the weight of the rifle. It can be very hard for someone my age to hold up a gun for so long when it’s really heavy. It gets really hard to shoot with accuracy when the gun is too heavy for you. Once you hold a rifle out for a couple of minutes straight, you realize how heavy the gun is.
This Mossberg, BLAZE Bantam model, is the first semi-auto rifle that Kaitlin was ever able to hold up for very long and shoot accurately off-hand with.
Another thing I really like about the gun is that it’s a semi-automatic. I can keep shooting my target with out having to cock it back. The final thing I like about the gun is that it doesn’t jam much at all.
Mossberg has made a wonderful rifle for young people like me to get into shooting. You can’t beat this gun for the price and all it has to offer. This has been a great rifle for me to start shooting. I would highly recommend the Mossberg Blaze .22 Youth Rifle.
“In our sport during this time, we need to practice safety on two fronts – safe firearms handling at all times and providing a healthy place for competitors to hone their skills. That means practicing appropriate social distancing, disinfecting common surfaces and screening participants for health concerns,” she said.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many CMP-affiliated clubs with rifle and pistol ranges have either shut down or curtailed marksmanship activity to help protect participants from the potential spread of the virus.
Yes, That’s right. Junior Shooters magazine Spring issue is out there!
Since 2013, the SSSF has awarded over $450,000 in scholarship funds benefiting over 450 student-athletes, from nearly all 50 states in the Scholastic Clay Target and Scholastic Action Shooting programs. We are pleased to announce that last year’s Scholarship Program awarded over $100,000 to qualifying applicants in $500 or $1,000 amounts.
Needs-based awardees.
Though rodeo kids rope and ride, youth rodeo kids now have a chance to shoot competitively as well. Beginning in 2005, the National High School Rodeo Association and the Junior High Division began a shooting program in partnership with the NRA, consisting of small-bore and trap. Now, hundreds of qualifiers from around the nation compete in the junior high and the high school rodeos in small-bore and trap. The competition has grown locally as well. In the last year, the number of competitors in Colorado has nearly doubled. So far, a majority of the states have picked it up and it has taken off to become a major competitive event. Because shooting is such a large part of the cowboy lifestyle, the shoots are very popular.
The small-bore is a 3×12 competition with an 18-minute time limit to complete each series of 12. There is also a five-minute time limit to shoot a five-shot “sighter” before the match to zero in your rifle. The three positions that competitors shoot in are standing, kneeling and prone. The targets are standard small-bore targets, A-23/5, with three shots in each bull. States hold competitions throughout the year. Each state sends the top four cowboys and cowgirls to the national rodeo finals in every event including bareback riding, barrel racing, cutting, breakaway roping, bull riding, goat tying, pole bending, reined cow horse, saddle bronc riding, swear wrestling, team roping, tie-down roping, and now shooting events.
