I cut a Romainian Trainer to 10 or 10 1/2" length of pull for kids. It worked out well. It was rough looking on the outside. Inside it has a nicer trigger and it's glass bedded. Kids quickly learned that the 'old beat looking' gun shot better scores ; )

ATB,
Mike P

one was an old Winchester '67 with a Mossberg scope on it. He'd cut down the stock and the barrel and it was just right for teaching kids to shoot a scoped rifle. It wouldn't group worth beans, but proved marvelous for first shot hits "way out passed Fort Mudge". The other was an old German air rifle, break barrel. I don't know what the length of pull was on either of them, but he kept pieces of the air rifle which were inserted back into the stock as the kids grew. It's STILL got a very short length of pull but works great for kids to learn to shoot with. uncowboy's suggestion of drilling locator holes prior to cutting the stock is a good one. If you set up a good jig to cut by so as to keep everything square then you can readjust the stock in one inch or so increments as the kid grows by re-installing the cut off pieces.

I probably wouldn't bother with cutting the spare more than once (or perhaps twice ) to arrive at the correct length for your son.

Along that line, I think we tend to worry far too much about making a stock too short when the truth is, most of them are far too long (and not just on kids' rifles, either).

A few ideas for arriving at the 'truly' correct LOP for your son:
• Make a simple mock-up out of cardboard and cut-to-length as needed
• Take him to the toy store (not gun store − LOL), look at some toy guns, and measure the one that fits him best
• Try an old Daisy BB gun (the LOP on mine is about 10", depending on trigger position)

I would also highly recommend cutting the barrel to 16"-18" and remounting the front sight.

It's not only silly to expect a very young man to hold up too much rifle, it probably borders on 'child abuse' (LOL).

Seriously, let the boy really enjoy himself now, not just in some distant future, and make the gun fit him.

I bet he'll thank you for it, not only now, but later as well.

HTH

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Possibly by shortening it to match the reduced barrel length, or perhaps limited to thinning it along the sides and bottom. This would be for balance, of course (to account for the missing wood at the rear).

It would probably also afford your son's young hands a better grasp on the forend, which in turn raises the likelihood of the pistol grip needing similar reduction.

The good news is, Sears still has some pretty good files, and they've been on sale recently. (FWIW, if I were you, I'd probably go all out and get the 10-inch model...)

One thing's for sure: You've got your work cut out for you − pun most definitely intended.

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