I've got a 10-22 but can't pry it out of the niece's hands. I wind up with the 62A, and am happy as a clam.
The first rifle I bought my 8/9 year old daughter, who is now 37, was a Ruger 10/22 international w/ black laminate mannlicher stock. She still has that rifle.
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