Ok, long story short. I have a cousin who is a freshman this year. Very responsible and good kid. My aunt (his mother) and my piece of shit uncle have been going through a nasty drawn out divorce for a couple years now and it has been a financial burden to my aunt trying to care for my cousin kevin and older cousin Katie. Kevin has a dire need for a father figure and has recently started to really enjoy shooting and fishing. He has been shooting clay birds, several handguns and various small bore rifle with my family for a few months now and I would like to get him his first gun and spend more time with him. My first thought was a 4-10 as this was my first gun but the more I thought about price/availability of ammo and some other reasons I kept coming back to a 22LR. So I need some good ideas for a good first gun for him. I was looking with him on Savage's site today and he really liked the style and designs of the synthetic heavy barrel models and preferred stainless. I think a bolt would be better over a semi such as a 10-22 so he can focus and concentrate on the basics and not how fast he can pull the trigger. Any ideas and advice would be appreciated. I was introduced to firearms at a early age and was always properly shown how to use each one as a father usually does with his son. But like I said his father is a low life pos and is more concerned with pumping steroids at age 42 to look good for younger women. I guess I just feel like I can be a good influence on my little cousin and hopefully teach him some responsibility and life lessons over the next few years before he becomes a adult. I kind of see a open door to do this spending so time together shooting and hunting as he seems to be more obsessed with guns than I am and he doesn't even have one. Like I said any help or advice would be appreciated. I just got permission from his mother today to go ahead and get him one and plan to take him a few times in the weeks to come with me so he can shoot a variety of my rifles, shotguns and handguns to get a better idea of what may fit his needs best. Thanks guys.