[aigel]

I would start with a rilfe

- Definitely NOT an automatic. I'd get a break open single shot or a bolt action for safety and for learning that every shot counts.
- I would go with iron sight to start. Everyone should know how to shoot with iron sights - don't spoil a kid with a scope right away. The iron sights will be helpful for handgun shooting later on as well.
- Get a youth model that has at least a shortened length of draw. You want to teach the proper shooting stance / position which is impossible with a grown-up gun.
- Only allow shooting in a proper position (not off a chair!). Train prone, sitting, standing, sitting with shooting sticks.
- Make sure you have the dominant eye correct. A person can be right handed but left eye dominant. If that is the case, make sure to get a ambidextrous or lefty model.

Have fun shooting!

G